Cliché in way of playing music genre (10)

I believe the answer is:

stereotype

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'cliche' is the definition.
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'way of playing music genre' is the wordplay.
'way of playing music' becomes 'stereo' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'genre' becomes 'type' (I've seen this before).
'stereo'+'type'='STEREOTYPE'

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(Other definitions for stereotype that I've seen before include "received idea?" , "Conventional image" , "Fixed conventionalised image" , "Typecast" , "Set form" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.

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