On Practice: Just Before You Perform
Contributed by David Leisner
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You have practiced to the best of your ability. Trust your automatic pilot to do most of the work for you.
You have practiced to the best of your ability. Trust your automatic pilot to do most of the work for you.2.Do not judge what just happened or will happen. Only motivate and observe (non-verbally.)
Do not judge what just happened or will happen. Only motivate and observe (non-verbally.)3.Do not second-guess any audience member's reaction to your playing (It will probably be inaccurate anyway.) Please yourself only.
Do not second-guess any audience member's reaction to your playing (It will probably be inaccurate anyway.) Please yourself only.4.Be in the music, in the moment. Be on stage, not in the audience. Be in the giving mode, not the receiving one.
Be in the music, in the moment. Be on stage, not in the audience. Be in the giving mode, not the receiving one.5.(A personal, individual reminder, pertinent only to yourself, that is top priority at this point in time.)
(A personal, individual reminder, pertinent only to yourself, that is top priority at this point in time.)Enjoy! Let your emotions for the music be present. Let your excitement for the music be present.
