Bagatelle

A bagatelle is a short piece of music, typically for the piano, and usually of a light, mellow character. The word bagatelle comes from the French, and in English originally meant "a thing of no value or importance, a trifle", but later took on in addition the more specific sense of "a piece of verse, dance, or music composed in a light style or on a small scale". Although bagatelles are perhaps most commonly written for solo piano, they have also been written for piano four hands, harpsichord, harp, organ, classical guitar, vibraphone, unaccompanied oboe, clarinet, violin, viola, various chamber-music configurations, orchestra, band, voice and piano, and a cappella choir.