improvisation
/ɪmprəvʌɪˈzeɪʃn
/noun [mass noun]
1The action of improvising: she specializes in improvisation on the piano improvisation is a performer’s greatest creative act...
- He learned to play the piano by ear, developing a talent for improvisation which, years later, he would put to good use during the filming of America: A Personal History of the United States.
- It was a work of improvisation performed with a double quartet.
- She is playing to a loyal audience here, but shows a good deal of humour and improvisation in her performance.
Synonyms
extemporization, ad-libbing, spontaneity, lack of premeditation
rare autoschediasm
1.1 [count noun] Something that is improvised, in particular a piece of music, drama, etc. created spontaneously or without preparation: free-form jazz improvisations...
- In her abstractions, she strove, like many painters of the day, to create a visual equivalent for jazz's improvisations and rhythms.
- His aim is to make every participant in the class comfortable with each other as quickly as possible so that they can move onto improvisations and devising pieces of theatre within smaller groups.
- Starting with in-studio improvisations and composed pieces, Swinscoe takes the finished recordings and then re-edits and remixes the sessions into new compositions.