Musical group embracing quiet way to play (7)
I believe the answer is:
gamelan
'musical group embracing quiet' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'way to play' is the wordplay.
'way' becomes 'lan' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'play' becomes 'game'.
'lan' after 'game' is 'GAMELAN'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for gamelan that I've seen before include "Balinese orchestra" , "Asian ensemble" , "Asian players" , "exotic orchestra" , "Indonesian orchestra" .)