4 Improvisation

4 Improvisation
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In 1963, defying the wet velvet heat of a Washington,
Note:LA GRANDE MARCIA

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The gospel singer Mahalia Jackson sang, ‘I’ve been ’buked and I’ve been scorned.’
Note:INTRO

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Dr King had spent the night labouring on his speech
Note:PROGRAMAZ

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weighing every word

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rigorous research, careful drafting and redrafting, memorising the beautiful script and then delivering it with passion.
Note:LA RICETTA KINGIANA

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King’s Sunday sermons mattered enormously to him.
Note:COMINCIAVA MARTEDÌ

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consider the fate of those who do not seem to have prepared. Rick Perry,
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write a speech and then I use it as the basis for what I want to say
Note:RICETTA MILIBAND...E I PERICOLI DI LACUNA

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Ratner joked that one of his products – a crystal decanter – was ‘total crap’
Note:BURLONE

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It seems obvious that when speaking in public we should prepare as diligently as Martin Luther King
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What if we should improvise more,
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2nd of March 1959,

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Miles Davis, the group’s leader, had brought with him the vaguest sketches
Note:PRONTI A REGISTRARE

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usual practice was to record each song several times and it was common to splice together tape from the different takes.
Note:PRATICA JAZZISTA

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The first complete performance of each thing is what you’re hearing
Note:TECNICA MILES

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First-take feelings,

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generally the best.

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‘So What’.

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few takes aborted

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gives his cymbal a whack that’s just a little too hard.
Note:L ERRORE DI JIMMY COBB

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the trumpeter launches into what is to become one of the most famous solos in jazz,
Note:INVECE DI FERMARE TUTTO

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Miles Davis and his band improvised this musical revolution from moment to moment.
Note:UNA RIVOLUZ IMPRO

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it wasn’t the record that Miles had been hoping to produce.
Note:IL BELLO

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I missed what I was trying to do on Kind of Blue,
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Sometimes the mess produces something worth

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why Miles preferred improvising to careful composition. To improvise is to lose control
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what do we gain in exchange for that loss
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much faster and cheaper
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Kind of Blue took less than nine hours

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Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band took seven hundred

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Another clear gain is flexibility.
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free to change course

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Speed, economy and flexibility:
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It’s magical, but it’s not magic,’ says Charles Limb. ‘It’s a product of the brain.’
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what goes on in an improvising brain.

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FMRI

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an intriguing pattern in the prefrontal cortex.
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seat of consciousness
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sense of self, sense of morality, sense of humour.
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dorsolateral areas,
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the medial frontal area,
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study by Braun of freestyle rappers.
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improvisers are suppressing their conscious control and letting go.
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censoring our own brains.
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self-control
Note:IL CONTRARII

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maybe it squashes creativity.
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Improvising musicians shut down their inner critics.

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improvising brain is a little like the tipsy brain,
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with the internal censor asleep, it sometimes feels like a messy, reckless thing
Note:UN GRAN CASINO

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‘We’re sorry about the interruption to your service.
Note:SCUSE COPIAINCOLLATE DA O2 DOPO IL DISSERVIZIO

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O2: but we still love you!
Note:RISPOSTA ALTERNATIVA SBARAZZINA SFACCIATA

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responding to customer complaints with cheeky affection or the equivalent of a jokey wink,

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Chris’s tweets quickly attracted an audience,

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following O2 to watch the show,

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O2’s improvised defence was reported across the world and almost universally admired.
Note:SUCCESSO

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respond with self-deprecating jokes.
Note:AUTOIRONIA

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Tweets aren’t micromanaged; instead there’s a review every couple of weeks
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room to improvise and adapt to circumstances.
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trusting employees’
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the simple act of listening and improvising
Note:RISTORANTE...CAMERIERE CHE ORECCHIA E IMPROVV IL SERVIZIO

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One woman ordered boots for her husband and then wanted to return them after he died in a car accident; the Zappos rep who took the call immediately sent her flowers.
Note:ZEPPOS

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creating ‘freedom and space to hear things’.
Note:DAVIS DESCRIVE IL SUO JAZZ...NN SUONARE MA ASCOLTARE

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and to respond.

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Trained theatre improvisers learn something called ‘the habit of yes’.
Note:TEATRO

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Always add to what has been said so far.
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Mondy is an actor with plenty of improv experience; Virginia, on the other hand, is his mother-in-law. She has dementia. By using his improv skills and his willingness to say yes
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help people with dementia feel less depressed
Note:EFFETTI DELLA FINTA

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What is the alternative? It is to continually remind dementia sufferers that it is Tuesday,
Note:ALTERNATIVA

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A great conversation is a rare joy because it is full of surprises and thus requires constant improvisation.
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improvisation is fast, exciting and very human. But improvisation can be dangerous,
Note:BELLA E RISCHIOSA

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Sometimes it is wise not to improvise. If you never speak in public
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The first element, paradoxically, is practice.
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The second element is a willingness to cope with messy situations.
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The third crucial element is the ability to truly listen,
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being willing to take risks and to let go.
Note:ELE MENTO PIÙ IMPORTANTE...ACCETTARE IL RISCHIO

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He wanted time to think.
Note:KING DOPO GLI EVENTI DI ROSA

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King found himself in an unfamiliar situation: he had to prepare his inaugural speech
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Every Sunday he delivered a sermon based on fifteen hours of hard work.
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As he spoke, King listened to the crowd, feeling out their response, speaking in the moment.
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His speech was not a solo; it was a duet with his audience.

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As with any extemporaneous performance, King’s was imperfect. His conclusion was limp. Some lines fell flat:
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never in his life delivered a sermon with such flaws.
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‘That was the great awakening,’
Note:UNA BUONA DEFINIZIONE DEL RISULTATO FINALE

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King himself, one suspects, had not truly understood what he could unleash
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The days of meticulous preparation were behind him:
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‘Tell ’em about the dream, Martin,’ yelled the singer Mahalia Jackson.
Note:INTERAZIONE

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That speech would forever be known as ‘I Have a Dream’.

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