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Genres and styles whose names start with BU.

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Bubblegrunge

Bubblegrunge is a fusion microgenre that combines elements of grunge and pop music. The genre's name is a portmanteau of the terms "bubblegum music" and "grunge". Practitioners of the style include

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Bubblegum music

Bubblegum (also called bubblegum pop) is pop music in a catchy and upbeat style that is marketed for children and adolescents. The term also refers to a more specific rock and pop subgenre,

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Bubu music

Bubu music is traditional music played by the Temne people in Sierra Leone. The music was originally used in Temne animist ceremonies, but later it turned into a popular religious processional style

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Buddhist music

Buddhist music is music (, ) created for or inspired by Buddhism and includes numerous ritual and non-ritual musical forms. As a Buddhist art form, music has been used by Buddhists since the time of

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Budots

Budots (; ) is an electronic dance music (EDM) genre that originated in Davao City, Philippines, and is considered as street style techno. It eventually spread in Bisaya-speaking regions. Based on

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Bugarštica

Bugarštica ( or ), originally known as Bugaršćica, is a form of epic and ballad oral poetry, which was popular among South Slavs mainly in Dalmatia and Bay of Kotor from 15th until the 18th century,

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Bugle call

A bugle call is a short tune, originating as a military signal announcing scheduled and certain non-scheduled events on a military installation, battlefield, or ship. Historically, bugles, drums, and

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Bulerías

Bulería (; interchangeable with the plural, bulerías) is a fast flamenco rhythm made up of a 12 beat cycle with emphasis in two general forms as follows: This may be thought of as a measure of

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Bulgarian hip-hop

Hip hop is one of the most popular music styles in Bulgaria, especially among young

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Bulgarian jazz

The history and development of jazz in Bulgaria was significantly influenced by the cultural and political changes in the country during the 20th century, which led to the emergence of a genre

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Bulgarian wedding music

Bulgarian wedding music is a genre of Svatbarska muzika () or a "wedding music" style that evolved in the late 1960s in Bulgaria. Its popularity has spread in Europe and North America. This style of

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Burban

Burban (portmanteau of "brown urban") is a musical sub-culture and an attempt to unify urban musicians of Asian descent. The idea has caused a split amongst the bigger artists and critics due to the

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Burletta

In theater and music history, a burletta (Italian, meaning "little joke", sometimes burla or burlettina) is a brief comic opera. In eighteenth-century Italy, a burletta was the comic intermezzo

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Burmese hip-hop

Burmese/Myanmar hip hop is one of the most successful music genres in Myanmar today, and perhaps the most popular form of music among the urban youth of Yangon and

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Bush ballad

The bush ballad, bush song, or bush poem is a style of poetry and folk music that depicts the life, character and scenery of the Australian bush. The typical bush ballad employs a straightforward

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