pick sth out
— phrasal verb with pick uk/pɪk/us/pɪk/verb
If you pick out a tune, you play it slowly or with difficulty, note by note:
I can pick out a simple tune on the piano, but that's about it.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Playing music
- accompaniment
- accompany
- busk
- chop
- conduct
- fiddle
- fingering
- improvisation
- interpreter
- jam
- music
- perform
- serenade
- sight-read
- strike
- strum
- swell
- tap sth out
- tickle the ivories idiom
- tune
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