The puzzle of musical repetition -- From acoustic to perceived repetition -- Attention, temporality, and music that repeats Itself -- Earworms, technology, and the verbatim -- Relistenings -- In performance -- Overt participation, implied participation -- Repetition, music, and mind
'On Repeat' offers an in-depth inquiry into music's repetitive nature. Drawing on a diverse array of fields, it sheds light on a range of issues from repetition's use as a compositional tool to its role in characterizing our behaviour as listeners, and considers related implications for repetition in language learning, and communication