Two types:
Distress-Negative emotions linked with bad or unpleasant thoughts.
Eustress-Good stress, such as passion and excitement.
Commonly misunderstood, but this is necessary for survival.
What is STRESS
100
People hold themselves to higher standards than they can live up to.
When they do not live up to their own expectations, they falsely convince themselves that the audience has the same high expectations.
This is unhealthy and not helpful to a performer but very common.
What is PERFECTIONISM
100
Many rock stars and famous recording artists begin using these substances because of performance anxiety.
What is ALCOHOL&MARIJUANA
100
The more you know about what you are going to perform, the less you will become anxious about it.
This includes knowing the notes, the rhythms, the dynamics, and the background of the piece.
What is PRACTICING
100
True or false? Some level of arousal is necessary for an optimum performance?
What is TRUE
200
Causes immediate changes in heart rate, sweating, respiration, urination, and muscle tension.
Can positively or negatively affect a performance.
Sometimes referred to as "alertness."
What is AROUSAL
200
Performers worry that the audience will judge them personally based on the level of performance.
i.e:A wrong note reflects on who they are as a person.
What is SHAME
200
At low doses, improves mood and alertness.
At high doses, increases negative arousal, anxiety.
Aids passive learning but inhibits use of working memory.
Leads to withdrawals that causes severe fatigue.
What is CAFFEINE
200
Can loosen tension from muscles, improve breathing techniques, and improve quality of sleep.
What is YOGA
200
What tricks do you use to beat your anxiety before performing?
What is NO WRONG ANSWER
300
Draws attention to a specific object or situation.
Relates to something that may create immediate danger.
What is FEAR
300
Fears of losing your job, not having a future in the business, working long hours, and keeping yourself motivated.
What is OCCUPATIONAL STRESS
300
Proven to enhance memory and can enhance alertness and relaxation.
Can be highly addictive and destroy every part of your body that you need to be a good musician.
Regular aerobic exercise has the same lasting effects of promoting alertness, relaxation, and memory and none of the destroying properties.
What is NICOTINE
300
When you set a clear objective for yourself and you achieve it, your self-esteem will rise and your anxiety will lower.
What is SETTING GOALS
300
If you could only give one tip to a student who was nervous or anxious about performing, what would you tell them?
What is THE WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN?
400
Relates to the state in which you are "feeling" emotionally.
Refers to a troubled state of mind related to an event.
What is ANXIETY
400
Performing is bearing a part of yourself to the audience and can feel incredibly vulnerable.
The feeling that the audience knows more about you than they do.
What is SHAME
400
Many musicians (celebrity) resort to the use of these to deal with performance anxiety.
There are no formal studies on how they affect the quality of a performance.
There are plenty of studies on the negative effects that these substances have on a musician's body and cognitive function.
What is ALCOHOL&MARIJUANA
400
Often referred to as the "most important thing for a musician to do."
A large majority of performing is in muscle memory, memory and knowledge of the music, and your understanding of what you are performing.
What is PRACTICING
400
Describe the way you felt when you were the most "nervous" or anxious about something.
What is YOUR ANSWER?
500
Cortisol levels rise before a performance and lower as soon as a performance has ended.
What is STRESS (Stress hormone)
500
Musician's may never have a stable "high-paying" job and will not work "9 to 5" hours.
Constant thoughts of instability.
What is OCCUPATIONAL STRESS
500
Considered the most widely used drug in the world.
What is CAFFEINE
500
Can distract you from the worries of what the audience might think of you.
You are working towards an accomplishment for yourself and it makes the opinion of your listeners less important.
What is SETTING GOALS
500
If a student says they have "stage fright," based on the terms you learned, what does that literally mean?
What do they actually mean?