Abstract:

This study was carried out to analyse the impact of Turkish music motives on teaching bowing techniques used in violin education. In the study one-group pretest posttest design, one of the experimental designs was used. The study group of the research consists of 4 violin students studying at Ataturk University within Kazım Karabekir Faculty of Education in the department of the Fine Arts Education Music Education Program in the spring semester of 2018-2019 academic year. In the study, five forms (three for the study group, two for expert academicians) were used. In the experimental process of the research, the pretest performances of the students in the study group on performance of violin bowing techniques were recorded on the rating forms, and then an 8-week experimental program was applied. At the end of the experimental program, the posttest performances of the students in the study group performing the violin bowing techniques were recorded on the rating forms. A statistical package program was used to analyze the data. As a result of the research, upon examing the pretest and posttest results of the students in the study group, it was concluded that the program applied in the experiment process had a positive effect by increasing the performance of the bowing techniques of the students in the study group.

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