improvise
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"When I play and I improvise, I don't think, because music comes from the subconscious, someplace else," Rollins told news site The Root.
From Barron's • May 26, 2026
The nationwide Canvas outage that disrupted colleges and universities during finals week forced campuses across the country to improvise as faculty and students suddenly lost access to exams, assignments, grades and other course materials.
From Salon • May 9, 2026
Smartphones are not meant to be out in UK classrooms either, but with no national rules on where they should be the rest of the day, schools and teachers are left to improvise.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
“We would improvise a lot, so we always had the rules as a guidance.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026
On the first and last repetition, the melody is played or sung, and soloists improvise during the other repetitions.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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