Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Savaş M., Akbulut Demirci Ş., Onuray Eğilmez H.
Yükseköğretim Kurumları Destekli Proje, BAP Araştırma Projesi, 2010 - 2015
The article is composed of the results of the study carried out within the scope of the project entitled “Extended
Piano Techniques and Teaching in Music Education Departments”. Within the scope of the project, 16 students
taking education at Music Education Department, Uludag University, learned six pieces composed for the project
via benefiting from extended techniques and methodically during three semesters and their progress was evaluated
via using the statistical data on the observation forms prepared beforehand. Moreover, in the end of the practice,
with semi-structured questions, six students were interviewed and the contribution of the project to the students was
investigated. The aim of the project is to investigate into the attitudes of the students towards teaching modern
piano techniques at Education Faculty, Fine Arts Education Department, Music Education Division and their
contribution to their success levels. As a result of the statistical data, when measurements made in the first and last
weeks via using observation forms are taken into consideration, it can be stated that the first work developed target
behaviors greatly during the five-week education process. It was observed that while the second, third, and fourth
works had moderate level of effects on the development of target behaviors, the fifth and the sixth works had lower
effects when compared to other works. According to the answers which six students gave to the semi-structured
interview questions, all the students found the project positive in terms of its having them acquire a different
perspective and five students found it positive in terms of its developing their information. A student stated that the
allotted time was not sufficient, and another one found it unnecessarily detailed and stated a negative opinion. The
originality of the study comes from the fact that these techniques in piano were new for the students at education
faculties and applied for the first time.