improvisation
The act or art of composing and making music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously
Example
“He played a quick improvisation on the keyboard.”
Other meanings
That which is improvised; an impromptu.
Musical technique, characteristic of blues music.
A kind of
- creation
Related words
- improvisational
Word history
From French "improvisation".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “improvisation” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.