ứng tác

Nhạc sĩ ứng tác một giai điệu trên cây đàn piano.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To improvise: The primary meaning of "ứng tác" is to create or perform something spontaneously, especially music, poetry, or speech, without preparation. It involves composing or performing on the spot in response to the immediate situation or inspiration.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Nhạc sĩ đó nổi tiếng với khả năng ứng tác trên sân khấu. (That musician is famous for his ability to improvise on stage.)
  • Anh ấy đã ứng tác một bài thơ về cảnh hoàng hôn. (He improvised a poem about the sunset scene.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is most commonly associated with artistic and musical performance but can be applied to other creative or rhetorical acts of spontaneous creation.
• "ứng tác một bản nhạc": to improvise a piece of music.
  • Trong buổi hòa nhạc, cô ấy đã ứng tác một bản nhạc tuyệt vời. (During the concert, she improvised a wonderful piece of music.)

Variants and Related Words

• Ứng khẩu (v): to speak extemporaneously, to reply or compose verbally on the spot.
  • Nhà thơ ứng khẩu bài thơ trước đám đông. (The poet recited an extemporaneous poem before the crowd.)
• Ngẫu hứng (n/adj): improvisation; spontaneous, impromptu. This is a related concept often describing the mood or result of "ứng tác".

Synonyms

• Improvise: to create and perform spontaneously.
• Ad-lib: to speak or perform without preparation.
• Extemporize: to compose or perform with little or no prior preparation.

Related Idioms

• While "ứng tác" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, the concept is central to phrases like:
  • Hát ứng tác: to sing impromptu.

    • Ban nhạc thường có phần hát ứng tác trong mỗi show. (The band often has an impromptu singing segment in each show.)