Practice work (5)

I believe the answer is:

etude

(Other definitions for etude that I've seen before include "(Musical) study" , "Testing musical composition" , "Chopin study" , "short musical piece" , "bit of practice" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times and The Times.

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