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Re: Concert Anxiety

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2014-03-31 17:01

I don't have anything to suggest beyond what's already been covered about nerves and anxiety in general. I think all of us feel it to some extent and for me it varies in intensity with how difficult the music is that I need to play and how exposed I am while playing it.

But the specific issue of looking back at what you've already played is one that I've had over the years to talk myself out of - you (I) have to remind youtself (myself) that what just happened doesn't matter - good or bad. It's already done and can't be taken back. You need to keep *focused* on what's ahead and forget what's behind. I think that's at some level a conscious thought process, a decision that becomes easier to make each time temptation to look backward comes up.

Karl

Post Edited (2014-03-31 19:25)

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