I’m practicing a performance for my music class and I’ve always wondered if I’m scaring them (although they don’t seem to care). I have rabbits if that changes anything, but a general answer around any pet would work
Are you signing death black Norwegian metal? If so, maybe
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I suppose pets get intonation. And if you’re looking at them or facing the music stand. Just keep an eye on them and their behaviour. I guess rabbits, dogs etc express how they feel with their body language. If you can read that, you’ll know.
It will likely scare them the first time as it’s new/unfamiliar, but they’ll begin to normalize it with repeated events (as long as there is no physical/situational aggressiveness toward them). Once they acclimate to the singing, they might still get a small jump scare if you begin abruptly belting out something, but as you continue the song they would likely relax back down recognizing it as not a danger. I find most pets will try to hide/runaway when they don’t like a sound, so indifference from a pet is akin to general acceptance of your presence imo.
Here’s wishing you a wonderful performance!
In my experience as a rabbit owner, they will thump at you and run off if you scare them.
That’s definitely true! When I sing they all seem unbothered if not slightly interested in what I’m doing
