Short musical composition or exercise (5)

I believe the answer is:

etude

(Other definitions for etude that I've seen before include "Indian statesman" , "A short musical exercise" , "Noted composition" , "Short composition for a solo instrument" , "Testing musical composition" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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