Author Archive for: Andrew Remillard
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Why Do We Sing?
Romans 8:26 (KJV revised by ANR) Likewise the Spirit also helps our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. Music is the closest we can come to the groanings of Holy Spirit. “Through the Night […]
Play it Again, an Amateur Against the Impossible by Alan Rusbridger
Play it Again, an Amateur Against the Impossible by Alan Rusbridger Browsing through the new book collection at my local library I came across this book, at first I thought: “not another ‘how I came back to lessons as an adult’ book!” However, the “against the impossible” part of the title intrigued me a bit […]
Another 15 Ways to Promote your Studio
Another 15 Ways to Promote your Studio 1) Create a niche market. Most people specialize in beginners and then everybody else. How about specializing in duets? I have noticed a significant increase in two piano and piano duo playing in the past few years. Piano ensemble work has a lot of challenges for the performer […]
Thoughts from Behind the Keyboard #1
Earlier this year, just before Easter, I effectively lost the use of my left hand due to arthritis. I had surgery to restore some functionality and while the surgery went fine, the infection which followed was devastating. When I was admitted to the hospital I feared that anything which hurt this much could not stay […]
Trace Decay vs. Interference.
Trace decay vs. interference. There are two schools of thinking regarding the cause of forgetting. The first, trace decay, came out of Ebbinghaus’s work. He showed that time was the primary cause of a loss of memory. There have been other approaches to the question of memory and forgetting. Scientists such as F. C. Barlett […]
What is the Best Place in my House for my Piano?
My answer to this question will come shortly, but first let’s consider some issues commonly found in answering this question. It is often heard that you should not put your piano near a window. This rule of thumb was more true say in 1917 than in 2017. Windows in 1917 did not seal as tightly […]
The Effect of Repetition on Retention
It is a common experience that repetition impacts memory. The more a passage is repeated on day 1 of practice, the better condition it is in when the next day’s work begins. But how much practice does it require to maintain “X” amount of material? How much retention is gain for each repetition? At what […]
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- […] Father, I Stretch My Hands to Thee […]October 30, 2024 - 9:24 pm by I ♥︎ U Hello, I have in my hands a songbook that was put in a bag of mine that I had left at this church. Effectively I was searching one of the songs online. Father, I stretch my hands to Thee by Charles Wesley. God has chosen to me do the work of Ch