improvisation
See also: Improvisation
English
Etymology
From French improvisation.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
improvisation (countable and uncountable, plural improvisations)
- The act or art of composing and making music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously
- He played a quick improvisation on the keyboard.
- That which is improvised; an impromptu.
- Musical technique, characteristic of blues music.
- The act of improvising, acting or going about something without planning ahead
- 2012 September 15, Amy Lawrence, “Arsenal's Gervinho enjoys the joy of six against lowly Southampton”, in the Guardian[1]:
- The Ivorian is a player with such a liking for improvisation it does not usually look like he has any more idea than anyone else what he is going to do next, so it was an interesting choice.
Translations
act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously
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that which is improvised; an impromptu
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musical technique, characteristic of blues music
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French
Etymology
From improviser + -ation.
Pronunciation
Noun
improvisation f (plural improvisations)
- improvisation (all meanings)
Further reading
- “improvisation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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