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Performing nerves :/
Performing nerves :/
I was in two piano competitions today and there were NO BANANAS IN THE HOUSE. I ended being so nervous that in bars 7-11 my left hand played a third lower than what was written. D: This was my 20th century piece that... should have been easy enough to play without any slips. *groan*
The second was better, because... I wasn't as nervous. And it was my baroque piece which I've always been better at. I didn't place but the ajudicator didn't tell me to improve on anything on my sheet, which is a good thing I guess.
Anyway, I found that breathing slowly, stretching my hands and fingers, and closing my eyes helped. My feet still went numb but that might have been because it was around freezing and I was wearing flats. Yes, near freezing in April. That's Canada for you.
It sounds like you did all right, Olive, without a banana. Congratulations. It should be easier next time.
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submitted by Olive
(April 10, 2012 - 3:18 pm)
(April 10, 2012 - 3:18 pm)
I'll take freezing cold over how it is here any day. It can go from 80 degrees F to 40 degrees F in one week. It's so annoyingly unpredictable.
(April 10, 2012 - 8:04 pm)
TOPTOPTOTPTOP!!!!!!!
(April 20, 2012 - 7:34 pm)