Of course knowledge work doesn’t work like music, so we should be careful to do too much analogies and expect them to transfer.

Playing Jazz:

• Learn a lot of patterns and techniques that you learn to mix and match during performance
• Lead sheets. More open for flexibility: Rythm, chords, notes, song structure, etc.
  • Some jazz musicians memorize tunes too, but I would assume mostly “standards” tunes and their own tunes.
  • You can make notes on lead sheets for chord changes you want to try, instead of keeping it all in your head.
• Improvisation with heuristics
• Collaborate on forming and changing the music with other people, both during practice and during performance.

Playing Classical music:

• Play the notes as composed.

• Vary speed, “attack” on tones, etc to make it musical. But you don’t change the chords and notes.

• Collaborate on doing what you’ve been told better.

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Practicing Jazz:

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