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
Polyxena	-	Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Gunnhild	-	Norwegian, Danish
Kleitos	-	Ancient Greek
Dwi	-	Indonesian
Faith	FAYTH	English
Thekla	-	German (Rare), Greek (Rare), Late Greek