improvisation

Meaning

Noun

  • The act or art of composing and making music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously
  • That which is improvised; an impromptu.
  • Musical technique, characteristic of blues music.
  • The act of improvising, acting or going about something without planning ahead

Origin

  • From French improvisation.
  • Morphologically improvise + -ation

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