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Muezzin chanting was unwittingly sampled for a piece in this genre depicting a Fire Temple. Early works in this genre used fast, complex phrases due to being limited to three melodic lines. A piece in this genre features two rapid notes before the descending motif [read slowly] “D, A, Ab, G, long F, D, F, G.” In 2005, Christopher Tin won a Grammy for “Baba Yetu”, a piece in this genre of composers like (15[1])(*) Lena Raine and Koji Kondo. (10[1])Technology used in this (10[1])genre originated chiptune music, which in turn inspired a Toby Fox piece in it called “MEGALOVANIA.” For 10 (10[1])points, what genre is “Sweden”, written by C418 for Minecraft? ■END■

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