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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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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

“I learned a lot by seeing how at ease and improvisatory they are,” Cumberbatch said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2025

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

The music is lean and nimble, with improvisatory guitar filigrees, leaping and slapping bass lines, darting accordion countermelodies and huffing brass-band chords, all delivered with pinpoint syncopation.

From New York Times • Jun. 22, 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