いつもと違う？！
９月も下旬に差し掛かり、秋の音楽会の案内などを目にする機会が多くなりましたね。さて、私の教室では、来月上旬に企画されている「STEP」というステージが近づいてきました。今回出演する生徒さんには、既に、何度かリハーサル形式で演奏してもらいました。弾き終えると皆、口を揃えて「家ではもっと上手に弾けたのに！」と不満顔。この現象は、俗に「アガル」と言われているものです。
アガってしまうと、次のような予期しない現象が起きることがあります。まず、方向感覚が麻痺して、「ピアノに向かってお辞儀をした人」がいます！次に、運動感覚に異変をきたし、ステージに出てくるとき足を交互に出すことが出来ず、「右、右、左、左・・・といった具合になった人」もいます。その他には、「A-B-A形式の曲で、最初のAだけを演奏して帰ってしまった人」や、「椅子に座ろうとして床に尻もちをついてしまった人」など様々です。
さて、このように「アガル」というのは多くの人に起きることですから、心配する必要はありません。アガったらまず深呼吸してみて下さい。それから、「音楽が好き」という気持ちを皆に伝えることが一番大切なことだと思い起こして下さい。そうしたら、客席にいる人たちは皆、友達のようにあなたの演奏を応援していることが分かってきますよ！
Performance butterflies!
It is approaching mid September. You've probably seen a lot of flyers about advertising various autumn concerts. I myself am involved in one such musical event, called STEP, and it'll be on next month.
My students who will be performing, have already had some opportunities to play on the stage, as kind of quasi-rehearsals, if you will. Most of them said the same thing to me, ‘It sounded so much better at home….’ This phenomenon is commonly known as ‘stage fright’.
Those suffering from it experience some unusual things. As it can effect your sense of direction, one time, a person bowed to the piano instead of the audience! Another person was unable to walk onto the stage normally as his body was out of control, instead he made his way to the piano by walking right leg, right leg, left leg, left leg! Another nervous performer who was supposed to play a piece in an A, B, A formation, played only the beginning part of A and ended it right there, thinking they were done! Then there was the poor pianist who when attempting to sit in the bench to play, missed it completely and ended up on her backside on the floor!
These kinds of incidents happen to the most of us, so don't worry if you do something similar! If you do feel a panic coming on, take a deep breath. Bear in mind that the most important thing is to convey your affection towards the music to your audience. By doing this, you will earn their support as if they were one of your friends!
アガってしまうと、次のような予期しない現象が起きることがあります。まず、方向感覚が麻痺して、「ピアノに向かってお辞儀をした人」がいます！次に、運動感覚に異変をきたし、ステージに出てくるとき足を交互に出すことが出来ず、「右、右、左、左・・・といった具合になった人」もいます。その他には、「A-B-A形式の曲で、最初のAだけを演奏して帰ってしまった人」や、「椅子に座ろうとして床に尻もちをついてしまった人」など様々です。
さて、このように「アガル」というのは多くの人に起きることですから、心配する必要はありません。アガったらまず深呼吸してみて下さい。それから、「音楽が好き」という気持ちを皆に伝えることが一番大切なことだと思い起こして下さい。そうしたら、客席にいる人たちは皆、友達のようにあなたの演奏を応援していることが分かってきますよ！
Performance butterflies!
It is approaching mid September. You've probably seen a lot of flyers about advertising various autumn concerts. I myself am involved in one such musical event, called STEP, and it'll be on next month.
My students who will be performing, have already had some opportunities to play on the stage, as kind of quasi-rehearsals, if you will. Most of them said the same thing to me, ‘It sounded so much better at home….’ This phenomenon is commonly known as ‘stage fright’.
Those suffering from it experience some unusual things. As it can effect your sense of direction, one time, a person bowed to the piano instead of the audience! Another person was unable to walk onto the stage normally as his body was out of control, instead he made his way to the piano by walking right leg, right leg, left leg, left leg! Another nervous performer who was supposed to play a piece in an A, B, A formation, played only the beginning part of A and ended it right there, thinking they were done! Then there was the poor pianist who when attempting to sit in the bench to play, missed it completely and ended up on her backside on the floor!
These kinds of incidents happen to the most of us, so don't worry if you do something similar! If you do feel a panic coming on, take a deep breath. Bear in mind that the most important thing is to convey your affection towards the music to your audience. By doing this, you will earn their support as if they were one of your friends!
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