Repetition (music)

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Repetition is important in music, where sounds or sequences are often repeated. It may be called restatement, such as the restatement of a theme. While it plays a role in all music, with noise and musical tones lying along a spectrum from irregular to periodic sounds, it is especially prominent in specific styles.

Motivic repetition in Beethoven's Sonata in F major, Op. 10, no. 2