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an instrumental composition that doesn't adhere to rules for any specific musical form and is played with improvisation

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  1. n. an instrumental composition that doesn't adhere to rules for any specific musical form and is played with improvisation
  2. 1. (Mus.) A piece in a free form, with frequent digressions from the theme; a fantasia; -- often called caprice. 2. A caprice; a freak; a fancy. Shak.
  3. A piece in a free form, with frequent digressions from thetheme; a fantasia; -- often called caprice.
  4. n:100 n. an instrumental composition that doesn't adhere to rules for any specific musical form and is played with improvisation