SEP 20, 2012: There is a relationship between the printed score of a piano piece and the performance of it, but it seems unclear at times. The main thing from a practical standpoint for the performer is: do you know the relationship between the printed score and your own performance?
If you haven't looked at the score before you play it, you can close your eyes momentarily and memorize some of it on the spot. But if you try and learn it away from the instrument first and then play it on the keyboard, you may be up against technical problems which you didn't forsee. Any way you look at it, the relationship between what's on that page and what's happening at the keyboard is a complex one.
Playing the piece like a computer would play it may be a good start, but eventually you will have to put some of your own sense into it. Ultimately, knowing the notes beforehand is a very handy way to learn the piece quickly, but you still need to check the score to see if you got into the habit of hitting some wrong notes or leaving out some important markings.
Even more, you may have invented a beat or two---or even a whole bar, in the left hand, in the right hand, in one voice, in a bass line. You've suddenly turned composer and you don't realize it. So going back and checking the score is a great way to find out how imaginative your composing/revising skills actually are. Hopefully, in most instances, you'll agree with what the composer wrote as long as it's playable for you.
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