The mini player lets you concentrate the iTunes media experience down to smaller-and even smaller-size. Here's how to use it both for your own music and for Apple Music! How to switch to the mini player and back in iTunes As with all things iTunes, however, the functionality is layered and buried to an almost impenetrable degree.
Even with all the other media types and device management thrown in, iTunes still provides plenty of music playing functionality, including a player and two sizes of mini player.
ITunes used to be about the music and, in many ways, it still is.