How can musicians meet up and start “jamming” with little to no pre planning

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For example: we had some guests over while my dad was playing guitar, one of the guests just picked up a spare guitar and started playing with him.

Or [that one video of the two sax players.](https://youtu.be/1_9IMZcbKHQ)

They hadn’t spoke before and they just started making music with each other.

I’m sorry I’m not very good at describing it but how can a musician just start a duet without talking. It seems like magic.

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Every musician starts out with the very basics. Chords, scales, even fingering holds. You practice these until you can play complex music, but at the end of the day, two musicians both know the same basic chords, rhythms, and probably some songs. When one person plays, the other can match their rhythm and general sound because they know enough similarities to do so.

It’s a lot like a rapper asking for a beat: one person beatboxes and the other feels the rhythm and joins in.

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