How to Overcome Performance Anxiety (FOREVER)

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Shaky hands, the sweaty palms, the feeling like you might not remember the notes….

Performance anxiety is THE WORST.

‌And don’t even get me started on all of the mistakes that randomly pop up when you try to play in front of others.

Why is it that every time a camera or person is watching, the piece sounds 10x worse than it did when you were by yourself?!

‌I know for some it feels like all of the hard work went down the drain the second you pressed the record button or invited someone to listen…

‌It doesn’t have to be this way.

‌There are actual concrete strategies that you can use to help yourself play with less mistakes, more confidence, and more calm.

‌In today’s tutorial, I go through 3 steps (PLUS A BONUS TIP) that you can take to overcome performance anxiety – even if that sounds impossible.

‌It’s a process, but I know you can do it if you work on it a little bit each day.

‌Check out those 3 steps (and BONUS TIP) in today’s tutorial right here!

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[YaelEylatTanaka]

Ashlee, you are truly brilliant, on many levels. Your ability to break down your explanations; your seeming fearlessness in talking to the camera as if you're speaking to a single person; your ability to explain the rudiments of physiology and music are exemplary. I feel extreme anxiety even playing for my teacher, never mind performing on stage!! And as the creator of online courses myself, I dread (DREAD!) attempting to talk to the camera in my next course, so of course, it's lying dormant in my computer. You're terrific, and I watch many of your videos.

[daleissler]

Ashlee, thanks for the great advice. Although I had piano lessons as a child and for part of my teens, I am more or less a self-taught piano player who routinely faces performance anxiety. I have a large collection of music and I used to just sight read music and play for hours. Anxiety didn't seem to be an issue. I have been playing the piano for decades in my spare time but decided to try and update my skills when Covid first appeared. I took on increasingly difficult pieces that were too hard to sight read and practiced them until I could record them to my satisfaction. This has helped me to play advanced music that I thought was out of reach for me. Ever since I started recording, the fight or flight response appears in the background when the record button is pushed on my Yamaha keyboard. Your comments resonated with me and I have been trying various strategies to calm the inner tension that sabotages my ability to record songs. In the end, I get a good recording but only after calming the inner beast. I have recorded over 180 piano solos in the last three years so I know I can do it but I need to convince the guy inside. I think it doesn't help that I monitor performance quality while I am recording. The funny thing is that, if I run into trouble on the keyboard while recording, I can go upstairs and play the piece on my piano. That shows I can play the piece so the problem seems to be related to the conditions during recording. Slow breathing and short rest periods do seem to help reset my brain so I can focus better.

[cswkzik]

Ashlee you’re brilliant. I’m just a learner and trying to learn G major scale over two octaves using both hands. I’m relation to memory finally the penny dropped and I realised on the left hand my first change of finger was to 3 Rd finger then 2nd change was 4th then 3rd again. Used same process with right hand and my playing improved. Ann Scott

[kencory]

One way to deal with anxiety is to flip it into excitement. The physical symptoms of anxiety are exactly the same as the symptoms of excitement. So, instead of telling yourself you're nervous about an upcoming performance, tell yourself you're excited!

[annao]

LOL! At the point in the video where you said: "Learn to memorize, " I thought, "nope, now it's time for me to close this video, " but then you quickly added, "Don't turn off this video." 😗 You know us nervous people so well. LOL!!! Thank you for sharing this video. 😄