In the middle of outlining a speech for my oral communications course this afternoon, I began to really understand the similar devices that are used in both speech and improvisation. One of the primary goals that is present in both speech and music is to tell a "story", so naturally the devices would be rather similar. Using this blogging site I plan on each week examining one similar characteristic.
One of the devices that functions the same way in both formats is repetition. This device is used as a sort of "glue" to hold together the key points of both formats and gives the audience something that is simple to grasp on to. A prime example of this is the word "we" in Barack Obama's "A More Perfect Union" speech in a literary context. One of the best examples of this in a musical improvisation is Sonny Rollin's saxophone solo on "St. Thomas", which begins at 0:55.
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