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46.98Why this matters for improvisation

If your conscious mind is occupied with:

“Am7… A C E G… now D7…”

you have no bandwidth left for:

  • listening
  • phrasing
  • interaction
  • dynamics
  • surprise

Fluency means the grammar becomes automatic enough that attention can move upward to meaning.