Cold Hands?

[juiceasd]

Competition tomorrow, but once again, no practice room there, and of course, I'm playing moonlight 3. Also, I doubt playing a measly scale will do much. What's your best way to warm up your hands before a competition?

[kriatina]

I don't know if that helps at all,
but I have been reading in the Clementi dissertation by Max Unger,
that Clementi & Field were known to wash their clothes by hand in hot water,
especially before concerts etc. whilst in Russia.
Some people (I believe it was Moscheles but I am not sure if my memory serves me right),
claimed that Clementi did that because he was so mean with money,
but it was established later, that it was Clementi's easy, logical way
to warm up the fingers and body before a concert
and he urged his student Field to do the same.

Good luck and all the best from Kristina.

[isopropyl]

I read here that Glenn Gould immersed his hands in hot water for the sake of muscles. https://www.musicandhealth.co.uk/articles/tapping.html