line - text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen; "the letter consisted of three short lines"; "there are six lines in every stanza"

re-create - create anew; "Re-create the boom of the West on a small scale"

riff - play riffs

misplay - play incorrectly, e.g., play a wrong note

fiddle - play on a violin; "Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely"

play - play on an instrument; "The band played all night long"

replay - play (a melody) again

prelude - play as a prelude

jazz - play something in the style of jazz

rag - play in ragtime; "rag that old tune"

bugle - play on a bugle

reprise, reprize, recapitulate, repeat - repeat an earlier theme of a composition

slur - play smoothly or legato; "the pianist slurred the most beautiful passage in the sonata"

bang out - play loudly; "They banged out `The star-spangled banner'"

modulate - change the key of, in music; "modulate the melody"

tongue - articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments

talk, speak - exchange thoughts; talk with; "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words"