SuperPRise

One of my main problems when I learn a piano piece is that I commit certain passages to muscle memory when I know them rather well. I stop thinking about what I'm playing and then I lose some of the articulation and dynamics. Does this ever happen to you?

Yeah, I definitely try not to rely on muscle memory too much. It's nice when my hands know where to go, but I shouldn't let myself go into auto-pilot as I sometimes do. :\ I'm not performing like I was as a pipe organist in college; I just mess around on the piano for fun now. So the good news is that I get to use music as much as I want! :) I definitely take advantage of that by marking up my music quite a bit and allowing myself to rely on those visual cues.

Thanks for your response! It's comforting to know I'm not the only one who does this. And that you haven't caused any deaths by doing it.