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étude

é·tude [ áy td, ay td ] (plural é·tudes) or e·tude [ áy td, ay td ] (plural e·tudes)


noun 
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technical exercise: a short musical composition for a solo instrument intended to develop a point of technique or to display the performer's skill, but often played for its artistic merit

[Mid-19th century. < French, "study" < Latin studium]
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