Prepare For A Concert !!

1.Eat a banana.

 Bananas do an incredible job of making those little pre-performance butterflies disappear. I don't know why, but they do. Maybe it's all the potassium bananas have. They don't help all the nerves necessarily, but you won't have to worry about your gut.

2. Be goal oriented 

Take some time before your performance to reflect on what you're doing. If you battle jitters, shakes, or just general concert anxiety, it will behoove you to take a moment and consider the reason for the performance. Be goal oriented. Rewarding yourself afterwards never hurts (and I don't necessarily mean going to the bar). Your rational for performing firmly in mind can change the way you play/sing.
3. Mentally see the sheet music.

Try to imagine the piece as sheet music while you hear it mentally. This is especially important if you’re playing by heart, in which case you should sit down with just the sheet music a day or two before a concert. Read through it like a book, and hear the music in the back of your head. Go through your music in your mind - it's not all about the muscle memory. Play it in your head - it's the best MP3 player on the planet! Be Musical! Be cool! Perform for a purpose!

4. Play the piece completely, like at the concert, around half an hour before showtime.

And then, don’t touch your instrument in that half hour. Instead, go drink water, talk to other performers, or just meditate. Don’t go near the music. 5 minutes before the beginning, run through the first few bars mentally. Not more. The rest will flow naturally.

5. Plan ahead of concerts.

If I know I have a concert in a week, I set up a game plan for that week. I usually tell myself the concert is two days earlier and try to get top form by that day. Then in the last 48 hours, I won’t play parts of the piece anymore, only the entire piece without breaks. Keeping a plan ahead of time eliminates the “I didn’t practice enough” feeling.

Have a try ; )

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