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40.61Level 32 — full-band illusion

Imagine:

LH = bass.

RH low-middle = horn riff.

RH upper = solo.

Obviously one pianist cannot literally play all three continuously.

So alternate roles.

A solo-piano arrangement is role-switching, not simultaneous imitation of an entire band.