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Why Songs Have Choruses


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Just happened to find these two articles pretty interesting.

 

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/03/the-reason-songs-have-choruses/284378/

 

http://aeon.co/magazine/altered-states/why-we-love-repetition-in-music/

 

I'm sure a lot of it you guys already knew or knew intuitively.

 

...And this part gave me a chuckle : )

 

 

Hit songs on American radio often feature a chorus that plays several times, and people listen to these already repetitive songs many times.

 

Though I do wonder now when the tipping point comes...when repetition becomes borderline psychotic - like some kind of torture. And what about novelty :o

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