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How Many Times Do You Have To Listen To Understand A Piece Of Music?

Speaking solely about popular music, broadly speaking, it takes 2 to 3 listens to figure out if I like something.  Roughly meaning do I want to hear it again.  To get to the point where I think I understand the piece can take dozens of listens.  A big factor in how digestible a piece is whether it's a genre, artist or song I'm already familiar with.  At least for me truly new music is harder to get into.

Just curious as to how others experience new music.

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If I’m being screamed at, I don’t like it.

If it’s extremely violent, I don’t like it.

If it’s is disjointed, I don’t like it.

If it sounds like I’m being preached at, I don’t like it.

And I usually know within a few measures.

I don’t have to understand it to like a song, but it usually helps.

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