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
Dionysius	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized), Biblical
Malte	MAHL-tə (German)	Danish, Swedish, German
Ashwin	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada
HermÍNia	-	Portuguese
GyÖRgyi	DYUUR-dyee	Hungarian
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