OVERCOME STAGE FRIGHT and PERFORMANCE ANXIETY // Helpful Tips On How To Feel Confident On Stage

Today I share a whole new set of tips on how to overcome performance anxiety and stage fright. In my opinion, this is (understandably) one of the most discussed topics amongst musicians and it always helps to get a new perspective on it.

Here is my last video on the subject with different (also very helpful ;)) tips:

How to overcome STAGE FRIGHT and beat performance ANXIETY:

4 MISTAKES pianists make on stage and how to AVOID them:

HOW to STRUCTURE your PIANO PRACTICE TIME // Successfully Divide Up Your Piano Practice Sessions:

HELPFUL TIPS to PROGRESS FAST AT PIANO PLAYING and IMPROVE YOUR PIANO LEARNING // Piano Tutorial:

Why you should be PRACTICING your instrument SLOWLY // 10 tips to help IMPROVE your PIANO PLAYING:

My daily warm up routine:

How to practice Chopin Etude Op. 10, No. 1:

How to play OCTAVES on the piano - practice tips:

More about me:

[richardforshaw]

So much good sense here, drawn from your own experiences. We all tend to feel in a vacuum about anxiety prior to performance, so it‘s really good to have you share your technigues to offset the negative feelings. It‘s good to know that we‘re all in the same boat as musicians.
Thankyou so much for sharing this, and to know that all positive thoughts transcribe to a flawless performance.

[manueladevilliers]

Thank you for always sharing so generously

[arlarl]

Thank you! My teacher once told me what NOT to do before a concert. One she did the mistake and took a relaxation bath and she said this was the worst idea she ever had before a concert because she lost muscle strength but stayed nervous and this combination was quite bad. - I like the idea with the concentration on the first few bars very much!

[normanderson]

You're the best piano teacher on YouTube!

[maddalenasodo]

You are so positive, so beautiful person. Thank you

[raaghavgoelpiano]

Thank you for this, this was so helpful
I had two concerts last week and had a big memory slip in one of them!! I decided to play with the score for the second one but I even got anxious and messed up the coda of the ballade I was playing in the second one haha

So thanks for the tips!! This was so helpful and made me feel not alone 🥺

[lucjanocastro]

Thank so much, Danae!
I've been watching a lot of your videos!
You are so good, genuine and giving person .🌺

[stringnote]

Thanks for your tips. I'll definitely use them to prepare for my piano exam coming up!!

[ddgyt]

Thanks for the thoughtful tips. Performance anxiety for me usually explodes into a sort of mental chaos, which is why I gave up the idea of pursuing any sort of professional life as a pianist (except church gigs, assisted living facilities and the like). Beta blockers help but I don't like taking them.
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[richardforshaw]

When I am anxious, I climb into the piano, and shut the lid before the audience arrives…😩

[pianoplayerkey]

One thing I've learned to do, regarding mistakes while performing, is to basically play right through it to the best of my ability, so it doesn't break the overall tempo / timing of the piece. (This is especially useful when I'm an accompanist.)
Also much of my (preferrred) playing is more along the lines of on-the-fly improvisation, not so much "play the notes exactly as written". I feel it gives me more leeway as far as interpretation of the piece, substituting other notes / chords here and there, etc. One downside, though, is it makes some mistakes quite a bit more obvious, even to those who don't know the piece or aren't all that musically inclined.

[batboy]

3 Valium, 10 mg Melatonin, then someone can help me into the chair. After that I have an espresso and play a heck of a version of twinkle, twinkle little star, ( just kidding), awesome video and info Danae thank you!

[batboy]

Danae, only if you have time!, could you explain how to know when to change keys up or down if it not written in the music!
Or is this something that will come in time ?
The music I have definitely changes keys but, the only notation is the fingering numbers, all the same sizes!
Thank you and only if you have time to answer
Fran

[rothschildianum]

Actually, I do not have any anxiety when I am fully ready. I can play as if I were playing in my living room. I am kind of afraid if I know that I am not ready.

[ddgyt]

WARNING: I see two "comments" under this video which are redirects, most likely to a hacking site. Each as a time and under that a link to some website in India. The name is probably a hacked channel, as they are all different. I have seen this under videos on other YT channels I visit and report them when I see them. I did not report these because I want you to see them. You should report them and nobody should click on them.