BookatlasPiano Rabbit Hole: Improvisation Theory & Practice
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116.1The blank-page problem is really a decision problem

At the piano you could choose:

12 pitch classes.

Many octaves.

Any rhythm.

Any chord.

Any meter.

Any tempo.

Any style.

Any form.

Any texture.

Any length.

That is not freedom.

That is:

decision overload.