A Psychological Approach to Musical Form: The Habituation--Fluency Theory of Repetition.

The article looks into the habituation-fluency theory of repetition in music. Topics include an examination of the exact and inexact patterns of repetition of music, the phenomenon of processing fluency, and the concept of habituation in relation to repetition. It also examines the repetition pattern known as the variation strategy, the shorter repetition sequences of the rondo strategy, and stimulus predictability.