A short musical overture (5)
I believe the answer is:
intro
'overture' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
I cannot understand how the rest of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for intro that I've seen before include "Launch" , "Musical opening" , "Opening notes" , "First part of a news story (abbr)" , "Opening section" .)