Whenever I solo in band, my hands shake...?

Question

I have a summer concert coming up next week, and I have an oboe solo and a saxophone solo. I've done each solo a million times while we have band practice, and its always around all my friends. I do great, but my hands always shake during and after the solo. Its really embarrassing, and I want to figure out a way to make it stop. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

my advice is that you should relax and not have to be nerves if you know your good take the chance you wont doubt

Answer 2

it's just because you realize that the spotlight is on you, and that all eyes are watching you, the soloist.

don't worry about it! it's a natural reflex. i shake even when i don't play a solo!

but to me, the butterflies are the best part of performing! that's how i know that this is what i should be doing.

Answer 3

Just try to control yourself, and remember that if your hands shake, you won't do as well. I was a piano solo for many years, and I was ALWAYS nervous during my performances, and although my hands didn't shake, my piano teacher once told me that I always played better during my performances (when I was nervous), so I made sure I was nervous every time from then on!



Hope this helped! :-)

Answer 4

If you are standing in front of a lot of people EVERYONE is nervous no matter how many times they do it. They are lying if they say they aren't.

So relax. It's normal.

If it was a huge problem you wouldn't be be asked to do it over and over again.

Answer 5

I know how u feel cause one time I did a solo on my french horn and my hands and lips kinda shaked.maybe its because your nerves and just pretend at the concert that no one is around u.thats what I did