improvise on

improvise on something

[for a musician] to create a new piece of music on an existing musical theme. For an encore, the organist improvised on "Mary Had a Little Lamb." She chose to improvise on an old folk theme.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Sabri	-	Arabic
Mette	ME-de (Danish)	Danish, Norwegian
Small	[smɔ:l]
Donald	['dɔnəld]
Nace	-	Slovene
Monat	-	Irish