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Is there a way to rehearse being in a stressful performance situation?

This actually applies to all players, not just horn players! A lot of good points from Andy - particularly his 1st - when everyone has had their part dissected and perfected, that's the time to play ...
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Is there a way to rehearse being in a stressful performance situation?

Make a perfect recording of your part. That can be surprisingly tricky even when you are sure you've got everything.
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Is there a way to rehearse being in a stressful performance situation?

You've hit on a very important point. I give this speech often to my students, that we "practice practicing," but rarely "practice performing." Especially for a non-professional, a ...
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How to play notes with evenness

We're talking keyboard? Check your posture, arm and hand positions. Do some finger independence exercises - place five fingers over five notes, play four of the notes and hold them down, play ...
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How to play notes with evenness

Generally speaking, for almost every style of piano playing (I assume you're talking about keyboard of some sort), it is ideal to have some dynamic variation between notes. It ends up sounding robotic ...
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