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I've heard that if you play a wrong note you should repeat it so people think you meant to do it.

Yes, I totally agree with that! I firmly believe that if I practised too much, and managed to get really good (unlikely), I might stop making mistakes, and they're where most of my good ideas come from!

... or call it jazz!

This is so true!!! You haven't screwed up until you signed your name. hitting that next note is signing your name,

I can't be more agreed with that.

Man, that is so true. What I have learned is you can turn almost any sequence of notes into something magical if you just keep grooving. The Rolling Stones did an interview once and talked about how some of their best and most unique parts of their songs were actually mistakes that they just made but with a lot of feeling.

100% i've noticed on some of my own recordings that a bum note just doesn't register as such if you're in a nice tight groove. A solid groove makes up for any 'mistakes', or at least kind of absorbs them so they don't stick out.