I came to my teacher and played for him, and I couldnt understand why I couldnt play with any strength or independence of fingers. After playing horrifically badly for a number of lines, he interrupted me and told me to drop my finger to the bottom of the key and not play the next one until I feel relaxed while holding the key. It worked wonders for me right then, and now I try to play each note to the bottom- so I feel the keybed under the key. I feel more stable like this. Try it out- It is kind of the same idea as Hmoll.donjuan
The same trick works for pieces with very soft passages. You get a more complete sound that's very easy to distinguish from somebody who's just hitting the notes, but not getting down to the keybed.
He then gave me a sample bottle of "Visken"....said it would not inhibit me at all, make my drowsy, etc....the only thing it would do, would stop nervous symptoms (tensing, heart racing, etc). I had to laugh a little. I never expected that. I stated to him, I didn't want to have to "do anything" special in order to perform, never had a problem before, and couldn't understand why this was all of the sudden.Has anyone else ever heard of this medication?