Müzik Performansına Somatik Bir Yaklaşım: Beden Haritalandırma


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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17524962

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beden haritalandırma, somatik yaklaşımlar, kinestetik duyu, beden farkındalığı, müzik performansı

Özet

Günümüzde müzisyenlerde giderek daha sık görülen ve mesleki kariyerin sona ermesine dahi yol açabilen kas-iskelet sistemi rahatsızlıkları ile postür bozuklukları, müzisyenleri beden farkındalığını geliştirmeye yönelik somatik yaklaşımlara yöneltmektedir. Somatik yaklaşımlardan biri olan Beden Haritalandırma (Body Mapping) yöntemi, Alexander Tekniği öğretmeni William Conable tarafından müzik performansı alanında kavramsallaştırılmıştır. Zihinde bedene ait temsilin yapılandırılması, güncellenmesi olarak tanımlanan bu kavram, bireyin anatomiye ilişkin hatalı algılarını fark ederek düzeltmesini sağlar ve böylece hareketlerdeki verimsizliği giderip bedenine dair yeni bir zihinsel harita oluşturur.

Bu derleme çalışmasında internet tabanlı veri tabanlarında literatür taraması yapılarak mevcut yayınlar incelenmiştir. Beden Haritalandırma yönteminin etkililiğini değerlendiren deneysel çalışmalar ile görüşmeye dayalı nitel araştırmalar incelendiğinde; yaklaşımın bedensel farkındalık, fiziksel ve ruhsal rahatlama, zihinsel sakinlik, hareket kolaylığı, ses üretiminde iyileşme ve performans güveni gibi alanlarda anlamlı değişimler sağladığı görülmüştür. Bulgular, beden-zihin temelli bu yaklaşımın özellikle çalmaya yeni başlayan öğrenciler ile bedensel sorunlar ve performans kaygısı yaşayan müzisyenlerde olumlu etkiler oluşturduğunu göstermektedir. Beden Haritalandırma yaklaşımının daha geniş ve çeşitli örneklem gruplarıyla uzun vadeli çalışmalarla yeniden değerlendirilmesinin daha sağlıklı sonuçlar vereceği düşünülmektedir. Ayrıca yöntemin konservatuvar ve müzik eğitimi programlarına entegre edilmesi, atölye ve seminer uygulamalarıyla daha geniş bir kitleye ulaştırılması, eğitmenlerin beden farkındalığına yönelik somatik temelli eğitimlerle desteklenmesi ve bununla birlikte, müzisyenlerin mesleki sağlık ihtiyaçlarına yönelik sürdürülebilir danışmanlık ve merkezlerin kurulması önerilmektedir.

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Dilsiz Çakır, Z. (2025). Müzik Performansına Somatik Bir Yaklaşım: Beden Haritalandırma. International Journal of Social and Humanities Sciences Research (JSHSR), 12(124), 2161–2172. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17524962