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An immediate repeat split in two

Warning section.immediate-repeat-spacing Automatic fix

This section exactly repeats the song part immediately before it. Genius keeps the repeated lyrics, but places both copies together under the same header without a blank separator.

Convention: An immediate repeat shares one header.

Example

Flagged by this rule
[Chorus]
Again
Tonight

[Chorus]
Again
Tonight

In the workbench this reads: Keep an immediately repeated song part under one header.

Accepted by this rule
[Chorus]
Again
Tonight
Again
Tonight

The fix

In the workbench this finding carries one control, labelled Join exact repeated part. The fix is classified as safe, so pressing it applies the edit directly — one press, one undo step.

The convention and its limits

This check detects the pattern shown above. An accepted example passes this check; it is not a review of the whole transcription.

Sources

The sources cited by this check:

Use song part headers (opens in a new tab) verified Section headers, performer legends, and four differentiation styles
Repeated sections (opens in a new tab) verified Transcribe repeated lyrics instead of placeholders
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Section headers and performers
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