repetition, repetition, repetition

proverb

Repeated practice and exposure to material is vital for learning it through memory retention.

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Meanings

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  1. educationRepeated practice and exposure to material is vital for learning it through memory retention.

    Since these concepts and words are new to you, you must mix them in your memory in about the same manner that a child learns language: repetition, repetition, repetition.

    1967, Gerald A. Gladstein, Individualized Study: A New Approach to Succeeding in College, Rand McNally, page 139
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    The authors took the three Jesuit principles of teaching to heart: repetition, repetition, repetition. Each important topic is covered several times, though their presentation would be much better if the cross referencing were better.

    1987 February 28, Marc D. Donner, “Book Review: The UNIX C Shell Field Guide by Gail Anderson and Paul Anderson (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1986) $23.95”, in Australian Unix Systems User Group Newsletter, volume 7, numbers 4–5, page 129

    Playing involves energetic and exuberant movement. Movements are explored in play from infancy onwards. And repetition, repetition, repetition is the place where learning happens and knowledge of what the body can and cannot do is refined. A jump with this much effort will take me to the sandpit... water poured will wet the sand and make it sticky. A great deal of play is bodily learning.

    2008, Janet Batsleer, Informal Learning in Youth Work, SAGE Publications, →ISBN, page 110

    So... I hope that "How can I pratice hearing progressions?" is on your list of questions now. There is no such thing as "the most important" or best way to train your "ear". The main thing to remember is that you are training your mind, and repetition, repetition, repetition is the key.

    2015, Duke Sharp, Garage Band Theory, Cowboy Heaven Publishing, →ISBN, page 378
  2. broadlyRepetition is important.

Origin

A somewhat visual pun, repeating repetition (“the act or an instance of repeating or being repeated”) three times. Compare practice, practice, practice (“emphatic guidance on the importance of practice to learning a skill or similar”), and see also location, location, location (“locations are important”).

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repetition, repetition, repetition. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/repetition%2C%20repetition%2C%20repetition

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“repetition, repetition, repetition.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/repetition%2C%20repetition%2C%20repetition. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

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