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38.70Level 45 — practice with imagined drummer
Imagine:
kick drum handles some low accents.
snare sits around 2 and 4.
hi-hat maintains subdivisions.
Your piano part should fit between those roles rather than cover all of them.
This mental model helps tremendously.