tendency to sustain some notes more than their actual values

[sina_eftekhari]

hi all,
   Recently I noticed I hold some notes more than their actual times so that they intersect with next note(or notes!). mostly it happens to bass notes in figures like:"C G E G" or "C E G" I hold them sth around 3/2 and some times even twice their value. it sounds a little dry to me in many situation if I don't do that.
whats your opinion? is that wrong to do it?

[db05]

I have the opposite problem: I like to do (partial) staccatos on notes not marked staccato. Sustain is a wonderful thing. Think of it as hyper-legato. Then reduce it to normal legato.

[shortyshort]

I often sustain the odd note longer too.
I don't use the pedel much, so this covers any silence that use of the pedel would cover.

[guendola]

Many people use sustain pedal instead but it is quite acceptable for many patterns to have the bass notes stay a little longer than written. Composers often think like you but they are too lazy to write it that way

However, I hope you are able to play these notes correctly if you want to. For some music it is important.