INVESTIGATION OF BASIC SKILLS OF FINE ARTS HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC STUDENTS’ FOR MUSICAL READING AND WRITING FACTORS
GÜZEL SANATLAR LİSESİ MÜZİK BÖLÜMÜ ÖĞRENCİLERİNİN MÜZİKSEL OKUMA VE YAZMA BOYUTLARINA İLİŞKİN TEMEL BECERİLERİNİN İNCELENMESİ

Author : Şenol AFACAN
Number of pages : 453-471

Abstract

Fine arts high schools are institutions that train students who have musical ta-lent, are accepted to the institutions after an examination and have selected music as a profession. These institutions provide occupational training in music and prepare stu-dents for higher education. This study aimed to determine fine arts high school twelfth grade students' competency levels in the fundamental acquisitions of musical hearing, reading and writing lesson, examine these levels considering student and teacher opi-nions and make a practical evaluation. This is mixed model research, blending qualitative and quantitative methods. The study sample included 19 twelfth grade students in the music department of the Fine Arts High School in the province of Kırşehir. The study data were collected using a student opinion form, a knowledge acquisition test, a performance evaluation form and teacher interview questions.After the data collection tools were administered, the researcher used criterion sampling to select seven students out of those who gave the most affirmative answers to the student opinion form and worked with them in the qualitative dimension of the study. The study results showed that students' musical reading (solfège) skills were weaker than their musical writing (dictation) skills. Since musical writing is a synthesis of more complex behaviors including hearing, naming and expresses voices with music writing, it was found that students had serious incompetencies in naming musical hearing. In general, the students had low opinions about their own competencies. A majority of the students who felt competent and were selected for practice were particularly incompetent in musical reading and writing.

Keywords

Musical Hearing, Musical Reading and Writing (Dictation) Skills, Student Feedback, Teacher Feedback

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