There are, of course, inherent tendencies to repetition in music itself. Our poetry, our ballads, our songs are full of repetition; nursery rhymes and the little chants and songs we use to teach young children have choruses and refrains. We are attracted to repetition, even as adults; we want the stimulus and the reward again and again, and in music we get it. Perhaps, therefore, we should not be surprised, should not complain if the balance sometimes shifts too far and our musical sensitivity becomes a vulnerability. .Oliver Sacks
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Music, by its very nature, is repetitive. It is supposed to be so. This repetition is what makes it so exciting to the listener. Without the repetition there would be no music.
Without music there would be no joy of living, no poetry, no art, no great literature. To live is to repeat, and our lives are filled with repetition, but that does not mean that we should not appreciate the beauty in the repetitions that make our days worth living.
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