Wrong technique

[luposolitario]

Writing English is extremely difficult to me (reading is much easier), but I must ask an important question.
I have been "playing" harmonium and electirc organ in the church for years and years (gregorian chant accompaniment, Perosi's masses, chorals, popular songs). The problem is thath I have always sight-read without paying attention to the correct movements, positions, relaxation etc. In your opinion, is it dangerous to the piano technique?

[ludwig]

hmmm I'm a little confused, would sight-reading and technique be mutually exclusive? If not and you're not consciously using the right technique, that is if you play with the wrong technique when you're not paying attention i.e when sightreading, then I would think it is fairly dangerous if you want to improve in piano playing.

[luposolitario]

Please say me if one of this things is possible:
1-Re-learning all the organ pieces trying to make the correct movements  (I think that Chang says that it is almost impossible)
2-Choir without accompaniment for some months while practicing piano. Maybe the right movements will come automatically?
3-Switching from organ-mode (I can make all the movement errors I want) to piano-mode (no errors). If yes, how?
4-other suggestions?

[luposolitario]

No answers?

[rc]

Let's see if we're on the same page; after years of playing organ you're switching to piano and want to know if the way you play organ would work for piano?

I think the biggest difference would be how piano keys are heavier, and that touch with the keys becomes an issue in controlling volume. You might have to get used to having more of your arms involved in playing, may feel akward to begin with... The golden rule for correct technique is to avoid injury: if you can play the music without unnecessarily straining yourself, then there are no problems. So always pay some attention to how your body feels as you play, and how it feels after you play as well. Watch other pianists, it should be physically at ease. Pain means you're doing something wrong.

Ach! I've got to take off right now, I've got a little more to say, I'll be back later.

[luposolitario]

Let's see if we're on the same page; after years of playing organ you're switching to piano and want to know if the way you play organ would work for piano?

I studied piano for some years in the past, I think in the wrong way.
Then I didn't study for other years.
Now I'm restarting.

[acha114]

Writing English is extremely difficult to me (reading is much easier), but I must ask an important question.
I have been "playing" harmonium and electirc organ in the church for years and years (gregorian chant accompaniment, Perosi's masses, chorals, popular songs). The problem is thath I have always sight-read without paying attention to the correct movements, positions, relaxation etc. In your opinion, is it dangerous to the piano technique?

I have studied piano for 12 years, then I stopped taking lessons. After that I played piano in the church for 10 years, and I believe that I have been sight-reading without paying attention to the correct movements as you said. However in my opinion, playing church music is so much easier than playing classical music that it probably won't have any dangerous effect to your piano technique, if only a little. I think the only danger is that by playing "easy" music over a long period of time, you will slowly regress as you won't be drilling any of the complicated classical techniques by playing easy church music. That's what I've found.