Interpretation: take minor liberties where things are not clear
Embellishment: take existing ideas and expand them
Variation: take existing and alter parts to fit new structures-growing structures
Improvisation: transforming existing into something new [Weick, K. E. (1998). Improvisation as a Mindset for Organizational Analysis. Organization Science, 9, 5, 543-555.]
"Improvisation involves reworking precomposed material and designs in relation to unanticipated ideas conceived, and shaped, and transformed under the special conditions of performance, thereby adding unique features to every creation." Berliner, P. (1994). Thinking in jazz: The infinite art of improvisation. Chicago: University of Chicago Press., p. 241.
Improvisation
Built on structure
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rhythm
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chord structures
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melodic framing
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