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  2. Taan (music) - Wikipedia

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    Taan (Hindi: तान, Urdu: تان) is a technique used in the vocal performance of a raga in Hindustani classical music.It involves the improvisation of very rapid melodic passages using vowels, often the long "a" as in the word "far", and it targets at improvising and to expand weaving together the notes in a fast tempo.

  3. Khyal - Wikipedia

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    Rāga is a melodic framework for improvisation based on the idea that certain characteristic patterns of notes (svara) evoke a heightened state of emotion.These patterns of notes are a fusion of scalar and melodic elements, and each raga can be described in terms of its ascending lines (āroha) and descending lines (avaroha), as well in terms of its characteristic melodic figures in which ...

  4. Improvisation - Wikipedia

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    Improvisation in the performing arts is a very spontaneous performance without specific or scripted preparation. The skills of improvisation can apply to many different faculties across all artistic, scientific, physical, cognitive, academic, and non-academic disciplines; see Applied improvisation.

  5. Khamaj - Wikipedia

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    Khamaj (IAST: Khamāj) is a Hindustani classical Music raga within the Khamaj thaat which is named after it.. Many ghazals and thumris are based on Khamaj. It utilises the shuddha (pure) form of Ni on the ascent, and the komala (flat) form of Ni on the descent, creating a key asymmetry in compositional and improvisational performance.

  6. Improvisational theatre - Wikipedia

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    Swedish actors performing in theatresports, a competitive form of improv. Improvisational theatre, often called improvisation or improv, is the form of theatre, often comedy, in which most or all of what is performed is unplanned or unscripted, created spontaneously by the performers.

  7. List of improvisational theatre companies - Wikipedia

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    An improvisational comedy group performing onstage. Improvisational theatre companies, also known as improv troupes or improv groups, are the primary practitioners of improvisational theater.

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    Turkey Cheese Ball. Even if you're not serving turkey this Thanksgiving doesn't mean you can't get in on the theme. Enter: this adorable cheeseball.We used carrots, pecans, pretzels, and bell ...

  9. Improv - Wikipedia

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    Improvisation, an act of spontaneous invention Improvisational theatre (includes improvisational comedy) Musical improvisation; The Improv, a chain of U.S. comedy clubs; The Improv (India), a comedy show in Bangalore; Lotus Improv, a spreadsheet program