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Offline keyofc

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Bowing after a performance
on: December 05, 2005, 06:21:37 AM
Can anyone explain exactly how they bow after a performance?
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Offline m1469

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Re: Bowing after a performance
Reply #1 on: December 05, 2005, 06:39:01 AM
Well, I make sure to smile (I don't have to force myself) and I like to look at the audience just before I take my bow.  I put my left hand on the curve of the piano (at the end of the keyboard) and place my right foot ever so slightly ahead of my left.  I let my right arm loosely hang and keep my hand close to my legs.  Then I bend at the waist with my head down too (not looking at the audience as I bow). 

Some people say things like "hello hippopotamus" while they are down to time it.  I don't believe I consciously do that.  But anyway, then I am up, I smile at the audience again and I am off.


m1469  :)
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Re: Bowing after a performance
Reply #2 on: December 05, 2005, 07:35:07 AM
Quote from: m1469 on December 05, 2005, 06:39:01 AM
Some people say things like "hello hippopotamus" while they are down to time it.  I don't believe I consciously do that.  But anyway, then I am up, I smile at the audience again and I am off.


m1469  :)

I say "effalumps and woozels" when I bow. ;D


Cheers

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Offline allchopin

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Re: Bowing after a performance
Reply #3 on: December 05, 2005, 05:05:27 PM
I bow long enough to check my shoelaces - if untied, I will take care of them at that time.  ;D
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