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An experienced musician with improvisation skills doesn't have to write down chords to be able to improvise. If you have a look at the non-academic music cultur
by Rochus 5y ago
An experienced musician with improvisation skills doesn't have to write down chords to be able to improvise. If you have a look at the non-academic music culture as you can still find it e.g. on the country side or in other popular music pieces are passed on by playing them and having the other musicians play along with them and repeat them. Music theory can be helpful, but it's not a "conditio sine qua non".
- parenthesis 5y agoOh, absolutely. In fact, I can recall improvising over a song purely by ear, and then coming up with some worse lines once I'd worked what the chords were and written them out.