When talk show bands play an impromptu song, how do instantly play in the same key?
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ELI5: These guys are very, very good.
Late night talk show gigs are very good gigs. These people are generally session musicians, and this is guaranteed work five nights a week almost every week for what can be decades. And you still have enough time left over to pick up other session work, good stuff since you’re probably in LA or New York.
Which is to say, people very much want these gigs, and so they don’t hand them out to just anyone. They go out to get the best of the best. Typically these guys have a strong background in jazz improvisation, and being able to pick up on key changes and transpose on the fly is something these guys get real good at.
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