Do you get very nervous when you perform? How do you deal with it? I don`t usually get too nervous but I havn`t performed for a while so I don`t know how I`m going to feel (I`m playinf infront of an audience and ajudicator next week). I`ve herd some people eat a bannana before they play because the potassiun in it calms then down, have any of you heard of this? I usually sing the song that I`m going to play to myself inside my head and it calms me.

Sorry if this has been discussed previously

I hear the bananna trick is sussposed work a bit

to work a bit

My teacher said that if you know your stuff really well, your auto-pilot takes over and then your nerves aren`t in charge anymore and you play better.