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an old friend coined a term for it as it applies to being a musician: the hesitation blues. it's that feeling you get right before you play your line. it's a sudden lack of confidence that usually leads to you stumbling musically. it makes it very heard for beginning bands to get their shit together as the whole act requires several people to be in unison.
however, if you've ever been confidently incorrect as a musician, you know the pain of blaring out a glaringly WRONG note.
the sword cuts both ways. the remedy is practice. this applies to things beyond music. thanks for coming to my ted talk.
It is because you know you will likely miss one note, to avoid that you focus on every single note more than usual and end up botching a total of 5. Practice doesn't really address the root cause, it just makes it impossible to fail no matter how nervous you are.
Better approach is to calm yourself by sincerely accepting that you will miss one note and just follow through - mind blank. Most of the time you will just end up hitting everything, and if you do miss a note, it's fine, you've already accepted it.