0 a performance that an actor, musician, etc. has not practised or planned: --
1 a performance that is not practiced and that is invented by the performers --
Remarkably, the majority (86 per cent) of improvisations out of the total of 116 recorded during the six months were performed on classroom-based percussion.
Conventions utilised in the piano improvisations were directly from the children's instructional setting.
Four of the improvisations were given titles reflecting their conceptual basis: independence, dependence, machines, mutation.
My uncle tsiatt'zei (makes local vocal improvisations) and he said one for everyone and my father tried to answer back.
Also, the unexpectedness of unique, personal materials from a remote composer actually seemed to stimulate more interesting improvisations.
They listen to the performer's improvisations and their own, and make new decisions in each performance.
Thus, they are typically used less frequently than planned improvisations that are 'controlled' by less detailed or specific notational indications.
The work consisted furthermore in developing the participants' improvisations, which were developed, elaborated, and inserted in the structure of the performance.
