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• But with unstructured improvisation, the risk that directionlessness will give way to pointlessness is high.2007 April 8, Allan Kozinn, “The Generation of ’38, Still Kicking”, in The New York Times. From the entry pointlessness
• Cline, who demonstrated sensitivity and restraint in an improvisation over a ragalike pedal tone.2007 February 3, Nate Chinen, “Kindred Spirits in Groove”, in New York Times. From the entry ragalike
• It would be wrong to infer from this, however, that an improvisation is beyond any control.2004, Niels Lehmann, Janek Szatkowski, “Theatrical Virtuality – Virtual Theatricality”, in Peter Andersen, Lars Qvortrup, editors, Virtual…. From the entry rôle-play
• We do it in our teaching, which is where the rubber hits the road in the improvisation community.2014, Kent De Spain, Landscape of the Now: A Topography of Movement Improvisation, →ISBN. From the entry the rubber hits the road
• He is one of India’s more celebrated younger musicians, prized especially for the vocalistic phrasing of his raga improvisations.2007 April 27, The New York Times, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in New York Times. From the entry vocalistic
• Yet I was fully convinced he had enough excess air inside himself to restart our wind-laden extravaganzas, our fartful improvisations.2006, B. Kojo Laing, Big Bishop Roko and the Altar Gangsters: A Novel, page 78. From the entry fartful
• It follows from this that theatrical improvisation is open-ended.2004, Niels Lehmann, Janek Szatkowski, “Theatrical Virtuality – Virtual Theatricality”, in Peter Andersen, Lars Qvortrup, editors, Virtual…. From the entry rôle-play
• They experimented with new dance steps and improvisations, including risky maneuvers and aerials in which women were flipped into the air.2002, Joseph A. Kotarba, John M. Johnson, Postmodern Existential Sociology, page 78. From the entry aerial
• It suggests that anything can happen in improvisation.1991, Martine Millon, Oliver Ortolanai, quoting Yoshi Oida, “Energy and the Ensemble: Actors' Perspectives”, in David Williams, editor…. From the entry improvision
• As assaultive as "Made in U.S.A" can be, it also seems to have been made in a spirit of insouciance, improvisation and fun.2009 January 9, A. O. Scott, “Godard's '60s Policier, Set in Atlantic City, France”, in New York Times. From the entry assaultive
• That’s one of our goals in improvisation, to come up with something that seems previously composed as opposed to a loose improvisation that’s more noodly.2009, T. Virgil Parker, Jessica Hopsicker, Carri Anne Yager, Sausage Factory: The College Crier’s Infamous Interviews of the Freaks and…. From the entry noodly
• It was not too convenient to stand on one leg after a few glasses of perfumed Riesling, so I failed in my improvisation.2008, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, Random House, page 131. From the entry staircase wit
• John Cassavetes, as usual, downplays the plot, opting for character and endless improvisation, but it does not entirely work in this setting.1984, Marc Sigoloff, The Films of the Seventies, A Filmography of American, British and Canadian Films 1970–1979, page 158. From the entry downplay
• A later generation of bebop pianists would often be accused of one-handedness; their right hands flew along with melodies and improvisations, while their "weak" left hands just plonked chords.2009, Robin Kelley, Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original, →ISBN. From the entry one-handedness
• Here his improvisations are pinpointedly focused on melody and swing, and he always has a mute in his trumpet; this is quiet jazz with organized locomotive force.2008 May 11, Ben Ratliff, “Quiet Jazz, Roaring Noise, Hip-Hop Wizardry”, in New York Times. From the entry pinpointedly
• This veteran jazz pianist’s new album, “Solo in Mondsee” (ECM), is a solo-piano record of improvisations, most of them balladlike and quite beautiful, even in their most sprawling phases.2007 August 19, Ben Ratliff, “Jazz as It Is and Was, and Flamenco as It Can Be”, in New York Times. From the entry balladlike
• His son, Denardo Coleman, played drums with hard insistency, even bombast (at bright tempos, his ride-cymbal patterns were rivetlike), but he also kept closely attuned to the flow of improvisation.2008 March 31, Nate Chinen, “Clear-Cut Case of the Blues, in a Bebop Mode”, in New York Times. From the entry insistency

Meaning of improvisation

1. noun The act or art of composing and making music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously.
2. noun That which is improvised; an impromptu.
3. noun Musical technique, characteristic of blues music.

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How do you use improvisation in a sentence?

Improvisation is used as a noun. For example: “He played a quick improvisation on the keyboard.”

What is a short sentence with improvisation?

“He played a quick improvisation on the keyboard.”

What does improvisation mean?

Improvisation means the act or art of composing and making music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously.