A CASE STUDY ON THE USE OF ISPARTA FOLK SONGS AS TEACHING MATERIAL IN VIOLIN EDUCATION

Abstract

Violin education is a process in which theoretical knowledge is supported and musical skills are at the forefront. The interaction between the student, the teacher, and the teaching materials used in the education process constitute the main elements of violin education. For this reason, teaching materials are decisive because they direct the learning-teaching process and play an effective role in gaining technical and musical skills. This study, it was aimed to determine the usability of Isparta folk songs adapted to the violin as a teaching material to improve the instrument playing skills of a student who started violin in undergraduate education in the process of undergraduate level Main Instrument Violin Lesson. The study was based on the case study approach, which is a qualitative research design. Accordingly, the participants of the study were a student studying at Süleyman Demirel University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Music, who took the Main Instrument Violin course and started playing the violin during his undergraduate education, and the researcher who conducted the course created the teaching material and conducted this study. The Isparta folk songs adapted to the violin as teaching material in the research are the folk songs named Şu Gelen Atlımıdır, Bahçalarda Üzerlik, Birini Yavrum Birini and Çayıra Serdim Postu. Research data were obtained from document analysis, semi-structured interviews, and researcher diaries.  A descriptive analysis approach was used to analyze the data. As a result of the research, the difficulties experienced by the student during the violin education process were determined. However, it was seen that the teaching material created for the development of the student's right and left-hand skills was functional. At this point, it was determined that he played the basic bowing techniques more easily and his control of the bow increased, and in the left hand, he improved his skills in playing notes at a fast tempo, staying in the 3rd position, and making the 1st and 3rd position transitions more fluently. In addition, he gained the ability to sing folk songs in 9/8 meters. In addition, it was seen that the student was able to perform the techniques that he normally had difficulty with more easily by practicing the folk songs with love.