improvise on (something)

To use an existing creative work, usually a song or other such piece of music, as the basis for creating something new and different. Hey, tell the piano player to improvise on the theme I play in the intro, OK?

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.

词组	improvise on (something)
释义	improvise on (something) improvise on (something) To use an existing creative work, usually a song or other such piece of music, as the basis for creating something new and different. Hey, tell the piano player to improvise on the theme I play in the intro, OK? See also: improvise, on Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. 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. See also: improvise, on McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. See also: (I) just want(ed) to tell you (something) (I) just want(ed) to mention (something) be up to (something) it is the pace that kills blaze blazes blazing clearance get (the) clearance to (do something) (first) dibs (on something)
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