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Genres and styles whose names start with MI.

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Miami bass

Miami bass (also known as booty music or booty bass) is a subgenre of hip hop music that became popular in the 1980s and 1990s. The use of drums from the Roland TR-808, sustained kick drum, heavy

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Michigan rap

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Microgenre

A microgenre is a specialized or niche genre, often used to describe narrowly defined subcategories within music, literature, film, or art. The term has been in use since at least the 1970s,

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Microhouse

Microhouse, buftech or sometimes just minimal, is a subgenre of house music strongly influenced by minimalism and 1990s

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Microtonality

Microtonality is the use in music of microtones — intervals smaller than a semitone, also called "microintervals". It may also be extended to include any music using intervals not found in the

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Middle Eastern and North African music traditions

This is a list of folk music traditions, with styles, dances, instruments, and other related topics. The term folk music cannot be easily defined in a precise manner. It is used with widely varying

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Middle Eastern music

The various nations of the region include the Arabic-speaking countries of the Middle East, the traditional Persian ritual music, the Jewish music of Israel and the diaspora, Kurdish music, Armenian

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Middle of the road (radio format)

Middle of the road (also known by its acronym MOR) is a commercial radio format. Music associated with this term is strongly melodic and uses techniques of vocal harmony and light orchestral

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Midwest emo

Midwest emo (or Midwestern emo ) is a subgenre and scene of emo music that emerged in the Midwestern United States during the 1990s. Employing unconventional vocal stylings, distinct guitar riffs and

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Midwestern hip-hop

Midwestern hip-hop, also known as Midwestern rap, is a style of hip-hop that originated in the Midwest region of the United States. The genre initially gained popularity in the mid-1990s thanks to

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Military cadence

A military cadence or cadence call is a call-and-response work song sung by military personnel while running or marching. They are counterparts of the military march. Military cadences often take

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Milonga (music)

Milonga is a musical genre that originated in the Río de la Plata areas of Argentina, Uruguay, and the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. It is considered a precursor of the tango, and may or may

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Milwaukee hip-hop

Milwaukee hip-hop is a subgenre of Midwestern hip-hop that specific to Wisconsin, and its largest urban center, Milwaukee in particular. The genre is said to have came to prevalence in the hip hop

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Min'yō

, Nihon min'yō, Japanese min'yō or Japanese folk music is a genre of traditional Japanese

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Minangkabau music

Music of Minang is a traditional and contemporary ethnic variety of Indonesian music that grows and develops in the Minangkabau culture. Music is generally played by musical instruments such as

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Minimal music

Minimal music (also called minimalism) is a form of art music or other compositional practice that employs limited or minimal musical materials. Prominent features of minimalist music include

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Minimal techno

Minimal techno is a subgenre of techno music. It is characterized by a stripped-down aesthetic that exploits the use of repetition and understated development. Minimal techno is thought to have been

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Minimal wave

Minimal wave is a broad classification of music that comprises obscure, atypical examples of genres such as new wave, stripped-down electronic or synthesizer music, synth-pop, post-punk, and

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Minneapolis hardcore

Minneapolis hardcore is regional hardcore punk from the Minneapolis-St. Paul area of

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Minneapolis sound

The Minneapolis sound is a subgenre of funk rock that incorporates elements of new wave and synth-pop. Started at Sound 80 with tracks like "Funkytown" by Lipps Inc. and pioneered by

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Minnesang

(; "Love song") was a tradition of German lyric- and song-writing that flourished in the Middle High German period (12th to 14th centuries). The name derives from minne, the Middle High German word

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Minus-One recordings

In the Philippines, the Minus-One (commonly, albeit improperly, spelled "minus one" without the hyphen) is a variant mix of a multi-track recording, wherein the lead vocal track of a song is muted

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Mirror canon

The mirror canon (also called a canon by contrary motion) is a type of canon which involves the leading voice being played alongside its own inversion (i.e. upside-down). The realisation from the

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Missa sine nomine

A Missa sine nomine, literally a "Mass without a name", is a musical setting of the Ordinary of the Mass, usually from the Renaissance, which uses no pre-existing musical source material, as was

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Mixed music

Mixed music describes music combining acoustic instruments and electronics. Mixed music is a subcategory of electroacoustic music. While this term may be applied to many genres, the it generally

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Mizrahi music

Mizrahi music (, , ) refers to a music genre in Israel that combines elements from the Middle East, North Africa, and Europe; and is mostly performed by Israelis of Mizrahi Jewish descent. It is

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