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76.115Why this matters for improvisation anxiety
If your only question is:
“What note should I play next?”
you are making hundreds of tiny decisions.
A larger intention such as:
“I will build a four-bar phrase toward the 3rd of the dominant”
reduces cognitive load dramatically.
Large-scale intent simplifies local choice.