Talk:Ontimpr1. What is improvisation?
Wiki-Improv1: “Musical improvisation (also known as musical extemporization) is the creative activity of immediate ("in the moment") musical composition, which combines performance with communication of emotions and instrumental technique as well as spontaneous response to other musicians. (italics not in original)
Wiki-Improv2: “Sometimes musical ideas in improvisation are spontaneous, but may be based on chord changes . . . .”[1] (italics not in original
Wiki-Improv3: “One definition is a "performance given extempore without planning or preparation." This is a quotation from the Free Dictionary on "Improvisation". (italics not in original)
- ↑ This is a quotation from Gorow, p. 212, quoted in Wikipedia on musical improvisation.