Uncommon Sense Pedagogy

Tips and insights from a veteran piano and Alexander Technique Teacher. After suffering from tendinitis for 10 years, Kay started exploring ways to teach for more physical freedom. She now adds sensory training and continues to research how brain studies direct better ways to teach and learn with simple, enjoyable applications.

Friday, April 12, 2013

Cans of Word Worms: Wrist Circles Part One

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More than one Englishman has awoken to the mysterious beauty of a crop circle in his field. A crop circle is a symbol created by tamping dow...

Thursday, April 4, 2013

Cans of Word Worms: Crossing Hands

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Thing was the name of the disembodied hand that greeted visitors to the Addams Family manse in the famous cartoons created by Charles Addams...

Sunday, March 24, 2013

Cans of Word Worms - Hand Position, Part Two

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Most pianists learn to play from basic methods that include tunes written in major five-finger patterns . Translated for the non-pianists, t...

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Cans of Word Worms - Hand Position Part One

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MS, MRS, KSH, BM, MM, ATI, AE, No. 27 in the deli line. Any of these abbreviations could be applied to me, depending on the setting and t...

Sunday, March 17, 2013

Cans of Word Worms: The Project

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Thanks to Ray Kurzweil and his team, Siri will guide you and your iPhone to the closest coffee shop. Or music store. Or gas station. The Jet...

Saturday, July 21, 2012

Special: Lazy, stubborn, and badly behaved

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Have you ever silently applied one of these labels to a student in your studio? I know I have, and now I look back and wonder how accurate I...

Saturday, March 24, 2012

Special - Asperger's Syndrome

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"knock, knock, knock, 'Penny?'...knock, knock, knock, 'Penny?'.... knock, knock, knock, 'Penny?' " If yo...

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Kay S. Hooper: People, music and movement are the three most important elements in my life. I am fortunate to work with all of them at the same time. After suffering from tendinitis due to faulty movement patterns at the piano, I began exploring the many elements that help or hinder musicians in practice and performance. My blog is dedicated to these discoveries, which continue day by day. Susquehanna University, B.M., Illinois State University, M.M, The Alexander Foundation, ATI certificate, Licensed Andover Educator Body Mapping Teacher™.

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