An Evaluation on the Usability of Çanakkale Folk Songs in Flute Education

Abstract

In our country, several local and foreign methods and techniques are used in instrument education, and it is frequently observed that local melodies are included in the content of these methods and techniques. Especially in recent studies, it has been concluded that playing the music of the region the individual inhabits or combining this music with abstract or concrete musical elements, can positively affect the education process. This study was conducted with the assumption that using the folk songs from the Çanakkale region, which has a rich musical culture, in flute education would affect student success.

This study discusses using the folk songs from the Çanakkale region, which has a rich musical culture, in flute education. There were three evaluation stages; Practice of Basic Flute Performance Techniques, Aimed Musical Behaviors and Polyphony for Two Flutes. Three Çanakkale folk songs with different makam, methods and melodic characteristics, which are assumed to be used in every stage of flute education, were selected for the study. In order that they can be used in the flute education, the folk songs were processed in the tampered system, musical dynamics were added and the performance capacity was increased with articulations.

As a result of the study, it was concluded that, when the basic flute performance techniques are practiced and the aimed musical behaviors are performed, solo and polyphonic Çanakkale folk songs can be used in flute education. Frequently including the local melodies in flute education was suggested.