Klarinet Archive - Posting 000228.txt from 1999/12

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] stage fright
Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1999 07:58:26 -0500

At 12:28 AM 12/9/1999 -0800, Nicholas Yip wrote:
> I just played in a concert where I had to play solo. I played the
>Mendelssohn Nocturno. It went okay except that I squacked four times and
>missed a couple of spots. I was nervous, and sweaty. The reed was a little
>light as well, so that did not help very much. Now, I have played this
>piece before much better. Before the concert I tried to calm the nerves
>down by eating bananas to keep me from becoming nervous. That kept me from
>shaking only. This is frustrating. This is something that has happened to
>me maybe 3/ 8 times. I have found some ideas and checked into the archives.
>I don't know any breathing techniques to help me relax. Does anyone else
>have any suggestions on how to overcome stage fright? I would really like
>to get rid of stage fright, so I can play much better.
>
>1) The use of herbal tea
>2) Alexander Technique
>3) inderol
>
The thing I have found most effective is just to keep doing it and doing
it. I used to get very nervous before performances, but as I have been
playing a LOT lately, and playing more solos (mostly short ones on sax in a
big band) I find that I get much less stage fright than I used to. And I
used to suffer from "knee vibrato" quite a bit!

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

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