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"Phrases are usually a power of two number of bars in most typical progressive trance tracks. Phrases usually begin with the introduction of a new or different melody or rhythm."
People who don't now this think some trance is repetitive, but this structure (if one knows it) actually heightens suspense & tension, which makes the melodies even more satisfying.
When you hear something for the fourth time, you don't know whether something new will now be introduced or if the same thing will repeat again. If it does repeat for the fifth time, you then know you'll hear the same thing again 3 more times and then the time after that something new or different may or not happen. So when that eighth time comes, again your body doesn't know what to expect. Maybe something new will happen. And if it again doesn't, you know you'll wait 8 more times again. So the tension created is tied to short bits of predictability, and a psychological balance between the repetitive and the tension is central to why trance has the effect it does.
People who don't now this think some trance is repetitive, but this structure (if one knows it) actually heightens suspense & tension, which makes the melodies even more satisfying.
When you hear something for the fourth time, you don't know whether something new will now be introduced or if the same thing will repeat again. If it does repeat for the fifth time, you then know you'll hear the same thing again 3 more times and then the time after that something new or different may or not happen. So when that eighth time comes, again your body doesn't know what to expect. Maybe something new will happen. And if it again doesn't, you know you'll wait 8 more times again. So the tension created is tied to short bits of predictability, and a psychological balance between the repetitive and the tension is central to why trance has the effect it does.