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Re: Performance & Audition tips/tricks? helP!

Author: clarinetmaniac101
Date: 2006-09-02 16:51

ohsuzan wrote:

> Eat a banana.
>
> Seriously.
>
> Eat a banana and have a small glass of milk about an hour
> before you must play.
>
> I don't know why it works to calm my nerves, but it does.
>
> S.

When I tried eating a banana before I played, it did not work out so well. Even though it lowers your adrenaline there are some side effects that I experienced such as sweaty hands, and over salivating. Also when you drink milk it sticks to the back of your throat and can make your tone worse.

My suggestion for a good audition is to visualize yourself doing good and don't stress out about the things that normally give you trouble or about messing up. Also I find it's helpful not to practice the day of the audition until you warm up, since you will already be nervous and you might make a mistakes that you usually do not make. Then when audition time comes along you will be stressing about those mistakes and most likely make them again in the audition.

Rashad
*clarinet

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