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How to Decrease Severe Hand Shaking During Piano Performances

Playing the piano in front of people can be a nerve-racking experience, and trembling hands certainly don't help. Shaky hands often cause poor performances, which sadly, often leads people to abandon performing the piano publicly. Playing the piano should be a gift both to the performer and the audience and seen as an opportunity to communicate feelings and emotion in a beautiful and artful way. Learning to combat quaking hands can go a long way in making piano performance a much more enjoyable pursuit.

Instructions

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      Prepare adequately for your performance. If you are performing from memory, make sure you've had the piece you're performing memorized for some time. Set "memory guideposts" by practicing starting from a few predetermined points on every page. This way, even if you mess up or forget, you can always start somewhere close by.

    • 2

      Swing your hands together and clap sharply in front of your self. Do the same behind your back. Repeat this several times. The centrifugal force as well as the impact of your hands will force blood into your hands and aid in stopping shaky hands. Do not clap your hands overly vigorously. You don't want to hurt yourself.

    • 3

      Rapidly shake your right arm for a count of ten. Do the same with your left and with both of your feet. Like the previous tactic, this will force blood into the extremities of your body and will help stop quaking.

    • 4

      If you're playing more than one piece, play first the piece you're most comfortable with. This will put your mind at ease, warm up your hands and help you get into a flow.

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