{"id":2789,"date":"2022-11-30T10:21:38","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T18:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicalmakiko.com\/en\/?p=2789"},"modified":"2022-12-28T08:31:54","modified_gmt":"2022-12-28T16:31:54","slug":"cherishing-the-repeats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicalmakiko.com\/en\/healing-power-of-music\/2789","title":{"rendered":"Cherishing the Repeats"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This is the English translation of my Japanese article for&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nikkansan.com\/english_info\" target=\"_blank\">Nikkan San<\/a>, as a part of my bi-weekly column, \u201c<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nikkansan.com\/column\/writer\/makiko_hirata\" target=\"_blank\">The Way of the Pianist<\/a>.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Good morning!&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s getting cold, isn&#8217;t it?&#8221; &#8220;Bundle up! 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