Repetition (doing the same thing repeatedly) is essential for learning and mastering new skills. Task repetition is a key to transforming short-term memories into long-term memories. Repetition is ...

Pianist Simone Dinnerstein was at the height of her international performing career when COVID-19 shut everything down. After taking stock about what making music meant during the pandemic, ...

Ever noticed how the same beat can hit differently each time you hear it? That’s the magic of repetition. It's not just doing something repeatedly; it’s turning it into something new. Whether it's a ...

Researchers at the University of Arizona still have more questions than answers about the songs that get stuck in your head, but they’ve learned a few things in a 10-month study of the “ear worm” ...

We're all seduced by repetition, music research suggests — 90 percent of the music we listen to, we've heard before. Beyond music, this bias... Play It Again And Again, Sam Play It Again And Again, ...

Across a forty-minute drum-based suite, drummer and composer Sarathy Korwar reveals the transcendental nature of repetition as a thing of awe and beauty. Combining tablas, Southern Indian clay pot ...

Audie Cornish and Melissa Block read letters from listeners about repetition in music and what to call Ukraine. Letters: Musical Repetition And Keeping 'The' Away From Ukraine MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: ...

When composer Sarah Hennies learned about a neurological theory called “motor tapes” from Oliver Sacks’ book Musicophilia, the concept stuck with her for years. The theory comes from neuroscientist ...

The St. Paul-based indie-rock band Hippo Campus's 2018 sophomore album, Bambi, is easy on the ears with its slickly produced vocal hooks and jangly guitars. But frontman Jake Luppen touches on the ...