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.

Wednesday, October 23, 2019

The Meaning of Mean: Part Two

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Which one of these signs demonstrates how you teach? Are you a demander, like the exclamation point? Or are you a questi...

Tuesday, October 22, 2019

The Meaning of Mean: Part One

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The word on the street is that a well-known piano teacher is mean. She is highly respected among her peers and has been honored at the state...

Sunday, July 14, 2019

Motivation: A Little Brain Science, Part Two

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Reward activated movement is the term for movement that happens because it is rewarding in some way. You read this term in Part One, where t...

Saturday, July 13, 2019

Motivation: A Little Helpful Brain Science, Part One

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Not long ago I admitted to a colleague that I'm tired of "motivating" students. I want students to study and practice because...

Tuesday, May 7, 2019

Small Muscles or All Muscles?

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In recent years, my circle of musician acquaintances has widened to include musicians with special interests in self-care and movement know...

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Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Won't Power: Part II

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There is another phrase that comes out of the Alexander Technique glossary: non-doing. For most modern day Americans, non-doing sounds impos...

Won't Power: Part 1

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My dad tried a variety of diets before deciding that what he really needed was won't power. Will power was over-rated when it came to fo...

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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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