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Re: Oh golly, I'm nervous.

Author: clarinetguy ★2017
Date: 2015-10-28 01:20

Several people in the past have suggested eating a banana before an audition or performance, and there is something to it.

You could try creating a mock audition in a very noisy place. Sometimes a run-through in a place with a lot of background noise helps to get the jitters out. I've seen it work.

David Pino, in his book The Clarinet and Clarinet Playing (p. 188), tells his personal story of overcoming these jitters. After playing a poor jury in college, he decided that he'd go into his next jury thinking of himself as an actor in a play. He decided to play the part of "one of the finest clarinetists who ever lived." He says it worked very well for him.

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