how do I controll my nerves when I play the piano on a concert, any tips?

Answer 1

Don't start out with a difficult piece. PLay something your comfortable playing easily. Once you move into a harder piece you mind will be on your music and not the audience.

Or start out with a joke. Just don't do a DOn Rickles routine and start insulting random people in the audience...that would be bad.

Answer 2

Make sure you are completely ready. Practice, practice, practice, and then practice some more. The more confident at how well you play, the better you will play. I went to a concert once, and I was lucky that it was small, because I embarassed myself because I hadn't prepared well enough and didn't play my best. You'll feel a lot better and not as nervous if you know you've got the piece down.
Also, I would recommend picking a piece of music you really enjoy playing. Then you can put more emotion into your playing, and it makes you feel great. Imagine you're telling a story with the music, and you'll feel better because you know you put you heart into it.

Answer 3

Take Deep Breath 10 times before starting and after every 5 mins. Its a Yoga Tip to calm your nerves.

Answer 4

There are many different methods to aide relaxation and calming involving breathing techniques (I saw Yoga mentioned), ore even acupressure. You can research online some of these and see if anything helps you personally. I use essential oils for a variety of things in my life and there are many that are good in helping to calm nerves. Chamomile, lavender, jasmine, neroli, just to mention a few. You can find great quality essential oils at a health store...pure oils have health benefits that the drugstore brand relaxation spray can't offer. It could be worth a shot for you if you're interested. A great site for reseraching oils and what they can be used for is peacefulmind.com/oils, scroll past the brand advertisements and you get a comprehensive list of oil qualities. Other than that, I have to agree with other suggestions you received... just enjoy yourself. Take a breath, remember why you're there in the first place, and enjoy the music, if you're enjoying yourself that filters out into your performance.

Answer 5

Act as if you will not be nervous, and act as if you are very confident in yourself. I am a lead singer, and I was in a couple of bands and I used to get really nervous at pactice if I knew I had to sing in front of the band mates. So I had an audition one day, and I knew that this was my chance to act as if I wasn't nervous, and even thoough I was a little bit, just the thought of acting confident, somehow made it true for me. I knocked them out and was offered the job right there on the spot, and I have never had to worry about my nerves again. There is one prerequisite though, you have to be good at what your doing.

Answer 6

I have played many concerts in front of thousands of people, and my only advice to you is to memorize, memorize and memorize. The better you have your piece(s) memorized the less you have to think about them. I played Prelude in C# minor last month for an audience of 700. I have it memorized to the point where I let muscle memory take over and I think about something simple (what I'm going to eat when I get home, or what next week's schedule is). I guarantee that memorization is the key.

Answer 7

First off, before the concert warm up slowly and carefullly. Keep your fingers warm backstage in mittens or gloves. Try yoga breathing and focus on the music, and not the feeling of nervousness. Be whatever kind of person you want to be, but when you make music, you must be uninhibited.

Answer 8

You're not on stage, you're at the piano at home.
It's not an audience, it's your family in the room next door.
Your not nervous because you're just going to play once more through the piece before you call it a day.
It works for me.

Answer 9

Imagine you are on a peaceful island filled with bliss. Each stroke of the piano is like a harp playing. Imagine you are playing for your crush or your sweetheart, and try your best.

Answer 10

when i play the trumpet on stage i try not to look at the audience as much as possible. and just chill and act as though u are just playing for ur parents or teacher or someone that you know and feel comfortable in front of. if you keep this in mind u will do just fine.