Charlie and I learnt bowed instrument (8)
I believe the answer is:
clarinet
'instrument' is the definition.
(I know that clarinet is a type of woodwind instrument)
'charlie and i learnt bowed' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'charlie' could be 'c' (phonetic alphabet) and 'c' is found within the answer.
'and' could be 'n' (common abbreviation for 'and') and 'n' is found in the answer.
'i' could be 'a' and 'a' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for clarinet that I've seen before include "Find an instrument in claret" , "Blow that!" , "Music-maker" , "Source of music" , "Single reed woodwind instrument" .)