It is normal to be nervous.
I have to report to those of you who think diamonds make a difference that I cannot tell what it is. Seriously, as you all know, they make no difference at all. They just make the flute look a little more special.
The mind of the performer is a very strange thing.
Being unprepared heightens nerves.
I use the traditional Moyse scale books slightly modified.
...I got to try the bagpipes. It was like trying to blow an octopus.