Improvisation is an essential part of jazz. It also used to be important in classical music, but this is not true nowadays.
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Improvisation
//ɪmpɹəvaɪˈzeɪʃən//
Synonyms for "improvisation" (101 found)
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47 translations across 23 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- σχεδιασμός noun (act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously)
Bulgarian
2 entries- импровизация noun (act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously)
- импровизация noun (that which is improvised; an impromptu)
Catalan
1 entries- improvisació noun (that which is improvised; an impromptu)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 即興 /即兴 noun (musical technique, characteristic of blues music)
Czech
2 entries- improvizace noun (that which is improvised; an impromptu)
- improvizace noun (musical technique, characteristic of blues music)
Dutch
3 entries- improvisatie noun (act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously)
- improvisatie noun (that which is improvised; an impromptu)
- improvisatie noun (musical technique, characteristic of blues music)
Esperanto
1 entries- improvizado noun (act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously)
Finnish
4 entries- improvisaatio noun (act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously)
- improvisointi noun (act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously)
- improvisointi noun (musical technique, characteristic of blues music)
- improvisoitu noun (that which is improvised; an impromptu)
French
2 entries- improvisation noun (act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously)
- improvisation noun (that which is improvised; an impromptu)
German
3 entries- Improvisation noun (act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously)
- Improvisation noun (that which is improvised; an impromptu)
- Improvisation noun (musical technique, characteristic of blues music)
Hungarian
1 entries- improvizáció noun (that which is improvised; an impromptu)
Irish
1 entries- seiftiú noun (act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously)
Italian
3 entries- improvvisazione noun (act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously)
- improvvisazione noun (that which is improvised; an impromptu)
- improvvisazione noun (musical technique, characteristic of blues music)
Māori
2 entries- titonga ohiatanga noun (act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously)
- titonga ohiatanga noun (that which is improvised; an impromptu)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- improvisasjon noun (act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously)
- improvisasjon noun (that which is improvised; an impromptu)
- improvisasjon noun (musical technique, characteristic of blues music)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- improvisasjon noun (act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously)
- improvisasjon noun (that which is improvised; an impromptu)
- improvisasjon noun (musical technique, characteristic of blues music)
Portuguese
2 entries- improvisação noun (act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously)
- improviso noun (that which is improvised; an impromptu)
Romanian
1 entries- improvizare noun (act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously)
Russian
3 entries- импровиза́ция noun (act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously)
- импровиза́ция noun (that which is improvised; an impromptu)
- импровиза́ция noun (musical technique, characteristic of blues music)
Spanish
2 entries- improvisación noun (act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously)
- improvisación noun (that which is improvised; an impromptu)
Swedish
3 entries- improvisation noun (act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously)
- improvisation noun (that which is improvised; an impromptu)
- improvisation noun (musical technique, characteristic of blues music)
Turkish
2 entries- doğaçlama noun (act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously)
- doğaçlama noun (that which is improvised; an impromptu)
Ukrainian
1 entries- імпровіза́ція noun (act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Improvisation is the soul of a good conversation.
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Improvisation is an integral part of jazz.
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This is a great improvisation.
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