Pasta strip - improvise music (6)

I believe the answer is:

noodle

(Other definitions for noodle that I've seen before include "Simple person - in the soup?" , "bit of a dish" , "Slangy head or pasta strip" , "may end up in the soup" , "Nitwit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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