drill, slide, count, trill, phrase, hear, listen, accent, anticipate, fade, improvise, breathe, perform, slur, harmonize, vamp, riff, build (a repertoire), rehearse (a passage), practice (scales), articulate, sight-read, beat out (rhythm with one's foot), read (score/chord chart), crescendo, decrescendo, tie (notes together), brush up (technique), pick out (one's line), sustain (a note through the bar-line), interpret (an arrangement), embellish (a melody), reproduce (what one heard on a recording), retard, re-articulate, pick up (one's part), strike (keys/a drum)

slap, drum, strike, roll, tap, ring, beat (out), strike (drumhead), shake (rattles), ding (triangle), hit (drum), rap (on drum), sit on (drum), stretch (skin on drumhead), percuss

pound, roll, trill, tinkle, play, open, hammer out, cross (a finger over a thumb), voice (chords on the piano), strike (keys), float (one's wrists), establish fingering, invert (chords on the piano), switch (voicing of chords)

slap, press, slide, finger, bend, swing, string, fiddle, tune, vibrate, bow, pluck, strum, hammer down (on strings), pick up (a bow/a part), pick (strings), finger-pick (on guitar), strap on (guitar), change (chords/strings), tighten (a string)

tighten, loosen, squeak, blow, aim, purse (lips), vibrate (lips), blow down, press (a key), cover (holes with one's fingers), tune (to a), release (a key)