improvisation

  1. Noun.  The act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously; as, improvisation on the organ.
  2. Noun.  That which is improvised; an impromptu.
  3. Noun.  Musical technique, characteristic of blues music.

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