To strike up Meaning, Definition & Usage

Definitions
  1. . (a) To cause to sound; to begin to beat . "Strike up the drums." Shak. (b) To begin to sing or play; as, to strike up a tune. (c) To raise (as sheet metal), in making diahes, pans, etc., by blows or pressure in a die.
Definitions
  1. to commence to play as a musician; to begin to sound, as an instrument. "Whilst any trump did sound, or drum struck up." Shak.

Webster 1913