Too excited before the performance

[felia]

Hi guys,

i got a serious and small problem now. I am having kinda of too excited syndorm before the performance, which lead to serious memory laps.
This problem could be turn to be even worse when i have my morning cofffee.

Any suggestion to cure that???if not i think i am going to fail my recital this time..

Thanks.

regards,
Felia

[rob47]

my only suggestion is that you are the **** felia...people DO want to hear what you have to say in your performance so whatever it is you are feeling is only natural and I wish you all the best

ucando it

[rc]

Agreed with Rob, that excitement is nature and good. It's a huge burst of energy that directly translates to a more exciting performance... For the notes you don't forget .

There was a discussion a while ago with some good points about caffine and performance, here it is: https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php/topic,16423.0.html

So don't worry about the excitement, but focus on the memory lapses. Do as much as you can to have 'backup memory'... When we practice and learn a piece, it often becomes dependany on hand memory, so you might have to go back and remind yourself intellectually of what's going on so you can have something to fall back on when the autopilot fails.

and remember that mistakes happen, and are not such a big deal. More important is to learn how to brush past any mistakes you might make... Keep the flow and try not to let it show if you've made a mistake.