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S: (v) reprise, reprize, repeat, recapitulate (repeat an earlier theme of a composition)

S: (v) play, spiel (replay (as a melody)) "Play it again, Sam"; "She played the third movement very beautifully"

S: (v) riff (play riffs)
S: (v) misplay (play incorrectly, e.g., play a wrong note)
S: (v) fiddle (play on a violin) "Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely"
S: (v) replay (play (a melody) again)
S: (v) prelude (play as a prelude)
S: (v) jazz (play something in the style of jazz)
S: (v) rag (play in ragtime) "rag that old tune"
S: (v) bugle (play on a bugle)
S: (v) reprise, reprize, repeat, recapitulate (repeat an earlier theme of a composition)
S: (v) slur (play smoothly or legato) "the pianist slurred the most beautiful passage in the sonata"
S: (v) bang out (play loudly) "They banged out `The star-spangled banner'"
S: (v) modulate (change the key of, in music) "modulate the melody"
S: (v) tongue (articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments)