A female to make sweet music with? (5)
I believe the answer is:
viola
'sweet music with?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'a female to' is the wordplay.
'a female' becomes 'vi' (short for Violet, a woman's name).
'to' becomes 'ola' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'vi'+'ola'='VIOLA'
'make' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for viola that I've seen before include "Alto of the violin family" , "Twelfth Night heroine" , "Pansy-like flower" , "Pansy genus" , "whose player takes a bow" .)