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untimed

untimed

4.9
Music that has no steady beat so the speed can change
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈtaɪmd/
  • Specialized
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  • The jazz musician played an untimed solo, allowing his improvisation to flow freely without a strict beat.

Examples

  • During the experiment, the dancers moved in an untimed manner, expressing their emotions without the constraints of a metronome.

  • And let's see, this piece I call untimed music because as it turned out, what I want, I I wanted the sound.

  • Her performance was untimed, giving the audience a sense of spontaneity and creativity that felt refreshing.

Synonyms

unmeasured
vsuntimed
  • Literature
7.8

Words in poetry or prose that do not follow a regular rhythm

is about performance without strict tempo and with free rhythm

Antonyms

timed
1 3.9

Happening at regular, set times

How Timed

allegro
  • Specialized
1 8.1
in time
13 2.2
untimed
  • Specialized
4.9
unmeasured
  • Literature
7.8

Surface Forms

untimed positive

Morphology

untimed = timed (transparent) = un + time + ed

The adjective is formed by applying productive negation 'un-' to 'timed', here meaning 'not performed to a strict time or tempo'.

Etymology

Untimed comes from un- 'not' and time 'time', meaning 'not tied to a beat or clock'. So in music an untimed passage is free in rhythm and not played with a strict beat.