Originally Posted By: Faldage
Originally Posted By: Jackie
The relevant part of the definition was that the composer pretty much knew what it was going to sound like when it was done. Well now, that is interesting. What if a composer makes it up as he goes along? (Other than the fact that it's unlikely to be a coherent piece, which ain't necessarily a bad thing.)


Well, that describes what they call improvisations.

Then the third option is knowing exactly what you want but unable to get it instantly. You try this and that and you know what you have is not *the* thing. So you keep trying and improvising until you get to a place where you instinctively know "this is it!". It is in between knowing and not knowing. You know what you want but you do not know how to get there. You "waste" (?) or spend a lot of time and effort in the journey searching.