improvisation
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Ms. Loughridge, a professor of music at Northeastern University, has written extensively about the interaction of music and technology; Mr. Matteson, a lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania, specializes in improvisation and sound technology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
He well understood the city’s brightness, harshness, improvisation and fractured essence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
Nearby, an 80-year-old woman named Chunubadi sat beside a repaired table fan held together with string and improvisation.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
Saturday is more of a project — windows open, music on, a little more improvisation.
From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2026
Exactly how such an event should proceed without tearing the country apart was still very much a matter of speculation and improvisation.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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
With interlocking rhythms and remarkable improvisations, the EP captivates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2025
Slattery was known and loved for his quick-witted improvisations on the popular Channel 4 show Whose Line Is It Anyway?, from 1988 onwards.
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2025
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
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