improvisation

Shifting between precision and improvisation, each rhythmic mark registers its own time signature.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

Its response surprised him: It suggested a “household manager”—a part-time human employee—to handle “camp registration races, sick-day improvisation and the 10 judgment calls a week that no system will get right.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

From there, a cook either proceeds with furious off-the-cuff improvisation or arranges their mise en place and serenely moves through each step as instructed or based on their knowledge.

From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026

Cruise trips are largely fixed months in advance so there’s little room for improvisation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

Think of improvisation as “quickly assembling” shorter rhythm or pitch patterns that you’ve already mastered.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

But on “Shards” the trio has heightened its musicality: There are references to dance styles; the track “Barbershop” would fit perfectly onto a house-music playlist; and the improvisations emerge more naturally in the mix.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026

The pianos are made in significant numbers, but each one requires the application of personalized craft; Mr. Payne’s photographs display Steinway employees with the technical virtuosity and artistic improvisations of fine musicians.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026

"We do all sorts of exercises to establish the family routines and the traditions. We do improvisations based on, 'What's Sunday dinner like?'"

From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2024

Perttu Kesäniemi and Mikko Ojanen recorded the artists' vocal and instrumental improvisations at the University of Helsinki Music Research Laboratory, and digitally added the acoustics of selected sites to them.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 25, 2024

The Passacaglia structure involves a short sequence of four or eight chords repeated many times, which act as the springboard for a series of unfolding melodic explorations or improvisations.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall