How To Overcome Performance Anxiety - For Violinists & Other Musicians

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How To Overcome Performance Anxiety - For Violinists & Other Musicians

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Musicians! Are you a crippled by stage fright? Do you shake when others watch you play? Yes, you CAN get past this, and here's how.
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@MrZoo223 11 ай бұрын

I absolutely love this. I also grew up playing in orchestras, and since have played in bands. I have no problem playing in an ensemble, in front of crowds, but put me by myself, or in an intimate setting, I freeze right up. Great advice, thank you for this! I will say, one thing that's helped me is realizing that when I'm watching any kind of live performance, I'm never judging the musicians. Nor is anyone else. They're there to enjoy the music. I've always found that people are very supportive and want to see you succeed. I truly am my worst enemy, not anyone else 🤷‍♂️

@stevenbeer6005 9 ай бұрын

Cheers for content!

@ttguitarstringstt1550 10 ай бұрын

This was a great video and I like that you actually experienced this and overcame. Will try this

@TheViolinRoom 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video. I struggle a lot with performance anxiety even in lessons with my teacher. I also left violin playing after I studied music at University level because I thought I wasn't good enough but I've picked up my violin again and now getting my advanced grades before I go back to study.

@theshantiduo8869 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for reaching out. It means a lot to hear that the video has been helpful to you. I am pleased to hear that you are returning to the violin after quitting such an advanced level. I really empathise with this and encourage you to stick with it. What helped me to overcome my fear was busking in the street. Not only do you make money, but the fact that no ones paying attention to you specifically really helped me to get comfortable with performance in general. If you would like to book a session with me, I teach online via zoom. You can reach me at theviolincoach@gmail.com

@TheViolinRoom 4 жыл бұрын

@@theshantiduo8869 I am glad that I am returning to my gift myself. It has never felt this good ever since I left. For performances I used to do weddings and small concerts. That was really it for me. I never actually tried busking before and I am not sure how much it is allowed in the city where I stay but that is an idea to try but now with the situation we're all in it is a bit difficult working around COVID-19. I should try prepare some pieces to play and just do a live video on Facebook or KZfaq some time. Though I need some kind of back track to make it more round and full or even arrange with a pianist to accompany me when I go live. I think playing live for audiences through a digital medium will help though it won't feel the same as when there are people directly in front of me receiving the music as they would when in person.

@theshantiduo8869 4 жыл бұрын

@@TheViolinRoom absolutely this will help! Just realised I am writing to you from my other account.. yes a live video sounds like a great idea :)

@theviolincoach 4 жыл бұрын

@@TheViolinRoom if you film something please tag me I would love to hear you... facebook is @theshantiduo

@TheViolinRoom 4 жыл бұрын

@@theviolincoach Will do.

@etsuviolin Жыл бұрын

I loved this video! Thank you. There's so much fluff when musicians talk about stage fright. I appreciate your honesty and vulnerability.

@TheFlyingSquirrel15 Жыл бұрын

“It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man in the arena, whose face is marred by dust, sweat and blood, who strives valiantly… who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who have never known neither victory nor defeat.” -Teddy Roosevelt

@lesliemagurupira2650 10 ай бұрын

Very helpful , I recently messed a solo to the. Point that I wanted to quit violin

@theviolincoach Ай бұрын

Don't quit! The way I handle mistakes now now is to make light of it and often people appreciate when you make a mistake as it shows you are human. Often no one is as harsh and unforgiving as our own inner critic

@violinow1673 3 жыл бұрын

Yes more video please. I find my shifting gets tight and not get to the destination when nervous. I will try breathing definitely. Thanks!

@theviolincoach 2 жыл бұрын

Practise the shifting exercises in the book by Basil Althaus called "7 Positions of the Violin" and breath deeply whilst you do it. Perhaps check out my video on Left Thumb Position too as this will help you understand how not to grip the neck

@violinow1673 2 жыл бұрын

The Violin Coach thanks!

@pec9761 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this topic. I am in year 2 of playing violin, and I am an HSP/empath. I had my first recital today, and felt triggered in many ways. Maybe I stopped breathing. My hand started shaking so much, I could barely hold my bow. I got thru the piece, but it sounded nothing like the way I had practiced at home countless times and with maybe 1 other person there. I think I had an empath shutdown sitting with the other violinists (mostly kids). I couldn't stop coughing and just decided to leave, go home, and calm down. I was thoroughly confident going into the recital, and left feeling totally embarrassed.

@ogstopper Жыл бұрын

I suffer from a bit of performance anxiety. I'm a newbie violinist and, strange as it may seem, an experienced shooter. Clay pigeons, nothing that is living or breathing. (They aren't good to eat). I've travelled hundreds of miles to perform on a stage and once I got there, I couldn't do it. The group stuff was OK, but the solo stuff (with a backing track) was a no-no. If I'm shooting and a few other shooters are standing behind me, I can't do it. It's terrible, but it's how I'm made, I suppose. Your explanation in the video may make a difference in both spheres of my life. I'll give it a go.

@carlitos5336 2 жыл бұрын

I resonate so much with everything you said. Thank you for sharing this video!

@theviolincoach 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Carlitos :)

@hodaentezari5489 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you SOoooo much.your speeches were realy impressive.

@theviolincoach 2 жыл бұрын

Please, thank you for your feedback:)

@MariamMziouak 2 ай бұрын

For me, in exams, we have an etude then a piece, I usually start good in the etude, but but getting to the end of it, my hands start shaking, and then I need to play the piece with shaky hands... My teacher always says that I'm good and I can do it and that I'm probably better than many other students, He keeps encouraging me and saying that even if I make a mistake its not the end of the world, People around me never put me down. But.... I think it's me who is putting myself down, and this is even harder. Also, when I play in front of my teacher or the other students, I usually play good, but in the exam, which my teacher is also a part of the jury, this shaking happens....

@theviolincoach Ай бұрын

Wow thank you for sharing. I relate so much. If you want to go deeper on this feel free to get in touch as I'm offering 121s. I'd love to help if I can.

@augustinechinnappanmuthria7042 2 жыл бұрын

Super 💓❤️❤️❤️❤️ AUGUSTINE violinist from Malaysia

@bobyoungarts 3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate the brevity and simplicity of your advice: breathe deeply, slowly (using the throat trick), and meditate away negative thoughts. One thing I noticed recently in a Helene Grimaud piano recital was that she sat FOR 20 SECONDS at the keyboard before starting to play! Here's her performance: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mrV4nKyQmt_dk4k.html Now that takes focus and self-confidence when you're before a thousand people in a concert hall. It seems to work, as I heard no flubs in her playing of a virtuoso piece. I'm retired and an amateur musician, but I gave up classical guitar decades ago -- for reasons similar to what you describe. And I still get performance nerves!

@theviolincoach 2 жыл бұрын

Wow Bob thanks for your feedback and sorry its taken so long to reply, I only just found your comment. Thanks for sharing the performance, I shall enjoy that. I hope you don't give up forever as I.can assure you it's possible, with yogic breathing, to overcome performance anxiety. I suggest focusing on breath work first and coming back to your playing later and seeing what a.difference it makes

@youmondo 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your insight into anxiety and how to "shoot it with a bullet"!

@theviolincoach 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped, good luck on your journey :)

@luisgregoriojr762 2 жыл бұрын

Is there anyway you can show us how you would do that type of breathing as you are playing a piece of music just so that we can see the breathing in action with the violin playing?

@theviolincoach Жыл бұрын

Hey, sorry for the late response. Thanks for the video suggestion. I'm looking to get back into creating more content soon as I got very busy with my real life teaching business this year.