BookatlasPiano Rabbit Hole: Improvisation Theory & Practice
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97.166The deeper improvisation lesson

A great improvised phrase is not necessarily pre-heard note-for-note.

Often the player hears:

  • rhythmic gesture
  • contour
  • destination
  • tension level

and discovers some surface detail in execution.

That is still genuine audiation.