improvisationnoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˌɪm.prə.vaɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/us/ɪmˌprɑː.vəˈzeɪ.ʃən/a performance that an actor, musician, etc. has not practised or planned:
a blues/jazz improvisation
There are classes in movement, dance, and improvisation.
the act of making or doing something with whatever is available at the time:
I'm afraid we don't have all the necessary equipment, so a little improvisation might be required.
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Playing music
- accompaniment
- accompany
- busk
- chop
- conduct
- fiddle
- fingering
- interpreter
- jam
- music
- perform
- raise the roof idiom
- serenade
- sight-read
- strike
- strum
- swell
- tap sth out
- tune
- virtuoso
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