Unconscious vs. awareness

[quasimodo]

Don't worry, it's not called to be an esoteric-ish musico-pianistic thread.
I'm just irritated with the fact that when I try to be in control, concentrate and stuff I almost always do mistakes, while sometimes I play on autopilot - thinking of things totally unrelated with music sometimes - and I don't miss a single note (however, the musicality is most probably very poor).
I'm interested about any input for the matter, the goal being to find the right balance.

[pekko]

Try to record your playing when your playing uncounciously. It may be better than conscious playing, you just cannot know

You're propably confused. Chang's book has something on this.

[quasimodo]

Try to record your playing when your playing uncounciously. It may be better than conscious playing, you just cannot know

I highly doubt it... and anyway if I know there's a recording device running, it automatically enables the "conscious mode", lol.

[zheer]

   Its important to love the music that one is playing, that way one is able too as Alfred Brendle has descriped as being in control ie concious plus letting go, ie unconcious and always one step ahead of the music, if one can do that then its very good.

[persona]

In my experience, it doesn't work to concentrate on the notes to be played or to think of anything unrelated to music. The best results I got were thinking about the sound I'm supposed to execute, and letting the fingers to their work (but not concentrating on the actual movement my hands will be doing, just the sound they'll make)