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Improvisation

The act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously; as, improvisation on the organ.

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Creation 76% connected

The act of creating or causing to exist. Specifically, the act of bringing the universe or this world into existence.

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Expedient 76% connected

Hastening or forward; hence, tending to further or promote a proposed object; fit or proper under the circumstances; conducive to self-interest; desi…

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Performance 76% connected

The act of performing; the carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action; as, the performance o…

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Extemporize 74% connected

To speak extempore; especially, to discourse without special preparation; to make an offhand address.

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Extemporize 74% connected

To speak extempore; especially, to discourse without special preparation; to make an offhand address.

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Extemporization 92% connected

The act of extemporizing; the act of doing anything extempore.

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Acciaccatura noun · 78% connection

A short grace note, one semitone below the note to which it is prefixed; -- used especially in organ music. Now used as equivalent to…

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Analogue noun · 78% connection

An organ which is equivalent in its functions to a different organ in another species or group, or even in the same group; as, the gil…

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Apollo noun · 78% connection

A deity among the Greeks and Romans. He was the god of light and day (the "sun god"), of archery, prophecy, medicine, poetry, and musi…

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Appendage noun · 78% connection

A subordinate or subsidiary part or organ; an external organ or limb, esp. of the articulates.

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Base noun · 78% connection

That part of an organ by which it is attached to another more central organ.

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Biorgan noun · 78% connection

A physiological organ; a living organ; an organ endowed with function; -- distinguished from idorgan.

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Bravura noun · 78% connection

A florid, brilliant style of music, written for effect, to show the range and flexibility of a singer's voice, or the technical force…

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Capsule noun · 78% connection

A membranous sac containing fluid, or investing an organ or joint; as, the capsule of the lens of the eye. Also, a capsulelike organ.

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Counterpoint noun · 78% connection

Music in parts; part writing; harmony; polyphonic music. See Polyphony.

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Deduplication noun · 78% connection

The division of that which is morphologically one organ into two or more, as the division of an organ of a plant into a pair or cluste…

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Earth noun · 78% connection

The softer inorganic matter composing part of the surface of the globe, in distinction from the firm rock; soil of all kinds, includin…

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Extemporarily adverb · 78% connection

Extemporaneously.

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Extempore adverb · 78% connection

Without previous study or meditation; without preparation; on the spur of the moment; suddenly; extemporaneously; as, to write or spea…

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Hackwork noun · 78% connection

(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) undistinguished literary work produced to order.; "James Scully has observed that much of what is…

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Harmonium noun · 78% connection

A musical instrument, resembling a small organ and especially designed for church music, in which the tones are produced by forcing ai…

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Improvise verb · 78% connection

To compose, recite, or sing extemporaneously, especially in verse; to extemporize; also, to play upon an instrument, or to act, extemp…

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Improvvisatore noun · 78% connection

One who composes and sings or recites rhymes and short poems extemporaneously.

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Instrumental adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for, an instrument, esp. a musical instrument; as, instrumental music, distinguished from vocal mu…

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