When talk show bands play an impromptu song, how do instantly play in the same key?
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Music is a language. It is a sort of conversation that can be tightly scripted (classical) all the way to free-flowing and seemingly random (hardcore experimental jazz, or fusion music), but it *always* follows ‘grammatical’ rules (rhythm and pitch).
These rules can be bent and also broken, as it goes in spoken language, but have you ever heard a non-native speaker trying to sound like a native? Some are good at it, and some are not, and it’s important to know the difference.
Even starting as an older person, music can be trained, but it’s hard. Any person *who has had limited experience with music* will be slower to process changes and anticipate the direction of the musical conversation, but it’s easier when you’re younger and very much harder when you’re older.
Ear training is a huge part of it, like language, learning to hear and anticipate certain shifts in the conversation.
Long story short: these guys have been playing music for a long time. Add to that, they’ve been playing *together* for a long time. They have high level of ear training.
They know how to start the musical ‘conversation’ and how to depend on and support each other to take it to the conclusion.
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