开始奏乐 meaning in Chinese

play a trick
play up

Finally a band from new york struck up .
最后，从纽约市来的乐队开始奏乐。
The both paused , while the music played , and the man fumbled with the hand of the woman in white , obviously waiting for the bar at which he was to begin singing with her
那个穿着紧身绸裤的男士曼声地独唱，然后她和唱。这之后两个人停止唱歌，开始奏乐了，那个男士开始抚摸白衣女郎的手，显然又在等待与她合唱时合着拍子独唱的部分。
Again the band struck up , the count kissed the countess , and the guests getting up from the table congratulated the countess , and clinked glasses across the table with the count , the children , and one another
乐队又开始奏乐，伯爵吻了一下伯爵夫人，客人都站立起来，向伯爵夫人道贺，隔着桌子跟伯爵碰杯，跟孩子们碰杯，并互相碰杯。