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Originally Posted by rowuk  Check out the various posts on auditioning using the search feature!
You are not alone!
Choking is often caused by practicing the pieces, but not the breathing. You need to mark EVERY place that you WANT to breathe and then learn that just like the notes.
If your breathing gets out of sync, you crash and burn. Many teachers will not hit you up aside the head for irregular breathing (especially if they have outstanding "natural" musicality) like they should.
I observe this as the top deficit during auditions by young (and not so young) players. See the other current thread on auditions, there is a lot of good advice there too |
I believe he meant choking as in Forgetting how to play the stuff, fingers not working well, and stuff like that.
For me, man I just play. No one is there to watch you fail. Always keep in your head that you know exactly what your doing, and no one can tell you otherwise, nobody except you that is. You control your own performance. SO get to your audition early, and warm up until it feels right for you. Play your piece a few times until you have it under your fingers, and then wait for your audition. Play a little right before you go in, and then just nail it.