improvisation
improvisation
Definition
im·provi·sa·tion (im präv′i zā′s̸hən, im′prə vi-)
noun
- the act of improvising
- something improvised
im·prov′i·sa′·tional adjective
improvisation
Synonyms
improvisation
n.
improvisation
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- combine: Danny has a unique style that combines stand-up, improvisation, story telling, audience participation and the odd bit of magic.
- teach: He is a pianist, organist, and viola player, and teaches piano improvisation.
- lead: Initially a minor role, Sellers hilarious improvisations led to the part being expanded and it was a monster hit.
- perform: It was a work of improvisation performed with a double quartet.
- suggest: The most important feast of the year seemed to suggest a more extended improvisation.
Preposition: on
- theme: Lennox BERKELEY, Improvisation on a theme of Manuel de Falla, for piano.
Adjective modifier
- spontaneous: Beware groups who try to plan out their scenes - that ceases to be spontaneous improvisation.
- polished: Devise a short polished improvisation that uses the ideas you have discussed.
- collective: The music is " loose swing " with a New Orleans feel for collective improvisation.
- structured: The first one is a structured improvisation articulating sparse elements into a cold, detached organism.
- vocal: The Jana Runnalls music section reflects her love of ceremonial chanting and drumming, vocal improvisation and shamanic journeying.
- extended: The most important feast of the year seemed to suggest a more extended improvisation.
Modifies a noun
- workshop: They also experimented with the techniques learned within an improvisation workshop.
- technique: The music therapist is able, via clinical improvisation techniques, to reflect musically the emotions that a child may be feeling.
Noun used with modifier
- jazz: His trumpet virtuosity set the standard for jazz improvisation for generations to come.
- piano: Lawrence Ball's compositional heart is his piano improvisations numbering over 2000 recorded.
- organ: I particularly liked the interplay between Petrucci's solid riff mid-section and Rudess ' Hammond organ improvisation in the gaps between the riffs.
- dance: He then studied dance improvisation with some of the leading figures in post-modern dance.
- guitar: Do there exist convincing alternatives to the transcription of the guitar solos or to venture upon new guitar improvisations?
- drama: The CragRats ' drama improvisation centered on the difficult choice faced by a school in the throes of an Ofsted inspection.
improvisation Quotes
There's nothing that makes you so aware of the improvisation of human existence as a song unfinished. Or an old address book.
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