improvisation
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Messi's genius has always been rooted in improvisation.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
At a moment when technology promises ever-greater efficiency, “The Bear” makes a quieter if tenacious case for the value of people: their improvisation, intuition and stubborn belief that something worth doing is worth doing well.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026
And, on any given night, he didn’t hesitate to expand an improvisation to startling lengths, finding new ideas well beyond the imaginative limits of most jazz players.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026
Then things happen and it feels like there is a lot of improvisation and performance.
From Barron's ● Apr. 12, 2026
With his usual flare for improvisation, Bloom contributed something else that would forever color America’s perception of the Middle East.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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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
When DiCaprio cut loose with long improvisations, like when his character, a burnout revolutionary, argues on the phone with headquarters, the crew played it safe by capturing his takes with a conventional film camera.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025
"We do all sorts of exercises to establish the family routines and the traditions. We do improvisations based on, 'What's Sunday dinner like?'"
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2024
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
Then slowly build up from shorter 4-beat improvisations to 8-beat ones.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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