Extempo
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Extempo
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Extempo is a lyrically improvised form of calypso and is most notably practiced in Grenada and Trinidad and Tobago. It consists of performers improvising in song or in rhythmic speech on a given theme before an audience, which take turns to perform. It is inherently competitive, and success is judged by the wit and the ingenuity of the performance. It is similar in form to what has been defined as traditional African song: "a recitative or chants with a short chorus. The soloist gives the melody
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Lyrically improvised form of calypso, practiced in Grenada and Trinidad and Tobago
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extempo
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2024-03-11T22:56:00Z
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