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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.