improvise - use in sentences

Preposition: on

  • theme: He loves to improvise on themes taken from Indian soaps.

Object

  • accompaniment: His written accompaniment to Aeterna Christi Munera closely resembles what I recollect of his improvised accompaniment to this hymn.
  • music: I've been playing improvised music for a long time.
  • comedy: Reggie mixes looped vocals created live on stage with his unique brand of improvised comedy.
  • solo: We all began playing and then it was time for the improvised solos.

Used with why or when

  • when: And along the way, as always, they improvise when the opportunity arises.

Noun phrase with adjective complement

  • such: I like improvised music such as free jazz and find that people expect much more conceptual work from artists than from musicians.

Modifying Another Word

  • hastily: Sure, I had to bolster some outside walls with hastily improvised buttresses, but bless it all, somehow she made it through.
  • freely: Each of the five tracks appears to be freely improvised with varying degrees of intensity.
  • totally: Possibly, tho we're pretty much on our own with the totally improvised thing at the moment.
  • largely: In effect, these largely improvised scenes border on documentary with the kids drawing on horrifyingly true-to-life experiences.
  • completely: Performing ten " compositions " and two completely improvised pieces, there is a complete abandonment of anything approaching melody.
  • in: Hosted by Mad Flow and Soweto Kinch, these shows feature the region's best in improvised music and lyrics.

Preposition: in

  • way: People improvised in ways which put our organization to shame.
  • studio: This was well before the days of progressive rock ( yawn ) and much of the track was improvised in the studio.

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