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improvisatory

[im-pruh-vahy-zuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, -viz-uh-] / ˌɪm prəˈvaɪ zəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, -ˈvɪz ə- /






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Her writing, always full of jokes and wordplay, is inquisitive, improvisatory and a bit maudlin.

From The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2026

There were decades of traveling the world giving improvisatory keyboard recitals that sometimes included all-night organ recitals in Gothic French cathedrals.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 6, 2025

The artist, now 89, draws from the improvisatory impulses of jazz, the power of Abstract Expressionism, the eclectic excessiveness of assemblage and the academic classicism of Renaissance painting.

From New York Times Mar. 28, 2024

An accomplished musician and composer, McBride said there’s a certain improvisatory element to his writing, like jazz music.

From Seattle Times Sep. 5, 2023

This can be alternated with whole group/solo/whole group/solo, to create an improvisatory piece.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin




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