Solos are different than duets.

Solos can take a left turn without warning. Solos can change without notice. Solos don’t need permission or enrollment.

Duets are different. They require a level of cooperation. It doesn’t matter so much who’s right and who’s wrong. What matters in a duet is togetherness. The quality of performance depends largely on the players’ cohesion and their ability to work as a group.

In life, most of what we do is not solo. Most of what we do has some level of duet.

That should tell us how important it is that we learn to play together.