Repetition

A reappearance of similar sound occurrences. The repetition effect works on two levels: on one hand, it marks phenomena of automatism involving subjection; on the other hand, it characterizes phenomena of return, reprise, and enrichment by accumulation. In a strict sense, the repetition effect is defined as the feeling of reappearance of sound occurrences perceived as identical. Repetition – being both a composition effect (an object that we listen to) and a psychomotor effect (an object that we produce) – does not describe a priori a particular sonic content. Any sound or group of sounds, simple or complex, may be concerned. Also, the repetition effect determines neither a specific system of perception nor a typical psychomotor context: multiple attitudes may be related to it.