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Genres and styles whose names start with NA.

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Nā mele paleoleo

Nā mele paleoleo ( mele pāleoleo lit. "song that speaks loudly and angrily") is a Hawaiian hip hop genre that fuses rap with lyrics in the Hawaiian language, Hawaiian Pidgin, or both. It emerged in

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Naamyam

Naamyam (; lit. "southern tunes") is a unique local narrative singing tradition in Cantonese in the form of rap-like rhyme, which is different from the nanguan (lit. "southern pipes") tradition

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Nagauta

is a kind of traditional Japanese music played on the and used in kabuki theater, primarily to accompany dance and to provide reflective

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Nagoya kei

is a subgenre of the Japanese visual kei movement that developed in the early 1990s music scene of Nagoya, Japan. Initially, the term simply referred to musical groups from Nagoya, but because many

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Nanguan music

Nanguan (; also nanyin, nanyue, xianguan, or nanqu) is a style of Chinese chamber music from the southern Chinese province of Fujian. Nanguan was first brought to Taiwan during the Ming dynasty by

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Nanjing baiju

Baiju () or Nanjing baiju, also called baiqu (), is a traditional type of Chinese singing-storytelling and a form of quyi, formed in the rural Luhe District in the city of Nanjing during the Yuan

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Nanxi (theatre)

Nanxi () or xiwen () was an early form of Chinese opera, developed from ancient traditions of mime, singing, and dancing during the Song dynasty in the 12th century. The name means literally

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Narcocorrido

A narcocorrido (, "narco-corrido" or drug ballad) is a subgenre of the regional Mexican corrido (narrative ballad) genre, from which several other genres have evolved. This type of music is heard and

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Nasheed

A nasheed (, ) is a work of vocal music, partially coincident with hymns, that is either sung a cappella or with instruments, according to a particular style or tradition within Islam. Nasheeds (or

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Nashville sound

The Nashville sound is a subgenre of American country music that originated in the 1950s in Nashville, Tennessee. It replaced the dominance of the rough honky tonk music with "smooth strings and

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National anthem

A national anthem is a patriotic musical composition symbolizing and evoking eulogies of the history and traditions of a country or nation. The majority of national anthems are marches or hymns in

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National Socialist black metal

National Socialist black metal (also known as NSBM or Nazi black metal) is a movement within the black metal music genre that promotes neo-Nazism, neo-fascism, and white supremacist ideologies. NSBM

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Native American hip-hop

Native American Hip Hop is hip hop culture practiced by people of (often urban) Native American heritage, including Canadian First Nation hip hop artists. It is not a specific form of hip hop but

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Navajo music

Music made by the Navajo people hails mostly from the Four Corners region of the Southwestern United States and the territory of the Navajo Nation. While it traditionally takes the shape of

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Nazi punk

__NOTOC__ A Nazi punk (also known as hatecore) is a neo-Nazi who is part of the punk subculture. The term also describes the related music genre. Nazi Punk music generally sounds like other forms of

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Nazrul Geeti

Nazrul Geeti (; ) also known as Nazrul Sangeet (), refers to the songs written and composed by Kazi Nazrul Islam, who is the national poet of Bangladesh. Nazrul Geeti incorporate revolutionary

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