I need your advice how to concentrate-playing piano in front of many people ? so that we wont make mistakes.?

first of all you need toaccept the fact that nobody's perfect. even concert artists make mistakes. then you need to learn how to practice. polish your pieces. then you need to do performance practice. play for your mom, dad a friend or even a pet. treat it like a real performance. then you need to do the real thing by actually performing for people. this takes time, patience and perseverance and there's no guarantee that you won't make mistakes. however, you do increase your ';batting average.';I need your advice how to concentrate-playing piano in front of many people ? so that we wont make mistakes.?
Hi there.





If you could do this, try to channel your energy somewhere else. E.g take a few breaths or go for a walk before your perfomance. It helps to start playing it in a small group of friends e.g start with 1 or a number that you are comfortable with and gradually let the number become bigger.





Also, it helps to memorize the piece that you are playing and if you want to close your eyes, close them. Most professional musicians do that when they want to set the mood.





Don't worry. Most professional musicians do make mistakes, but they cover it up brillantly e.g not stumbling or making noises, stopping and starting or saying sorry to the audience. If you make a mistake, just keep on moving untill you finish the piece. The audience would not know whether you have made a mistake or not if you don't tell them through your actions.





Also if you stop and start, it shows the audience that you aren't confident with your piece. Not only that never apologize to your audience before/during/after the performance starts/stops.





Ruth Bonetti has some excellent advices on this. She's a specialist who deals with this stuff everyday. Her url is: http://ruthbonetti.com/index.php . Hope this helps and all the very best in your future performancesI need your advice how to concentrate-playing piano in front of many people ? so that we wont make mistakes.?
Concentrate on just your playing and not how they would think of you, besides, looking at the crowd would only make you loose your attention towards whatever key you're on to.





Before the performance, soak your face in water for about 8 seconds, that'd calm your nerves down.





Good luck on whatever you're playing!
but you answered your own question





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while playing the piano, why don't you close your eyes. it will not only makes you concentrate, it can also make you feel the music... :D