How much symmetry do you guys like within your arrangement? By symmetry I'm referring to repetition of a  section after it's already been played. Do you guys ever just straight up copy and paste a section of a track so that it repeats the same thing twice?

I've noticed that a degree of symmetry is necessary within an arrangement that way the track maintains a clear structure. I've never had a section of a track repeat more than twice though. And by twice I mean copying and pasting a section and having it repeat the exact same thing later on within the track. I feel like if a section of an arrangement is repeated more than twice without any sort of variation then it gets boring.

So how many times do you guys like to repeat sections within arrangements and when you do repeat sections do you just do a ditto copy and paste or do you guys like to add variation?

EDIT: I found a random project file on the internet and added some text to it to help illustrate my point. Notice how some of the sections in this project file contain perfect symmetry? How many of you guys have that in your arrangements?

I deliberately make my songs short, because i don't want things to drag on.

Unless i can make it flow in a way that's beneficial, then i'll copy and paste parts.

I don't really mess with the verse or chorus to much, but i tend to change what's happening on the build ups, break downs, intro, outro