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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.