Using popular music as a material for western flute education in turkey

Unlike music education systems in developed countries, today’s Turkish music education system takes place mostly at the university level. This situation causes some critical issues in country’s music education life. One of the major issues is; most music majors in Turkey begin learning western music, instruments, and theory after they are 18 years old. This causes critical gaps in music majors’ musical achivements and future careers. Most music departments in Turkish universities also have a very limited environments for enhancing the musical athmosphere with such things as wind bands, masterclasses, group teaching sessions, symphonic instruments, and orchestras. General music education also lacks some essential classical music background and approaches as a starting point for classical music education.Through those major issues in music education; music educators should find their way to enhance and customize their education process in order to serve their students more effectively. The purpose of this study was to develop an approach which uses popular and cultural forms of Turkish music in a university-level flute education as a supplement to a classical repertoire in order to engage cultural diversity within music and/or instrumental education. Through the purpose of the study, a popular piece selected and instructive exercises were transcribed from the piece for improving students’ desired technical or musical abilities. 

Music Education ,

Flute ,

Popular Music ,

Unlike music education systems in developed countries, today’s Turkish music education system takes place mostly at the university level. This situation causes some critical issues in country’s music education life. One of the major issues is; most music majors in Turkey begin learning western music, instruments, and theory after they are 18 years old. This causes critical gaps in music majors’ musical achivements and future careers. Most music departments in Turkish universities also have a very limited environments for enhancing the musical athmosphere with such things as wind bands, masterclasses, group teaching sessions, symphonic instruments, and orchestras. General music education also lacks some essential classical music background and approaches as a starting point for classical music education.Through those major issues in music education; music educators should find their way to enhance and customize their education process in order to serve their students more effectively. The purpose of this study was to develop an approach which uses popular and cultural forms of Turkish music in a university-level flute education as a supplement to a classical repertoire in order to engage cultural diversity within music and/or instrumental education. Through the purpose of the study, a popular piece selected and instructive exercises were transcribed from the piece for improving students’ desired technical or musical abilities. 

Müzik Eğitimi ,

Flüt ,

Kültürel Çeşitlilik ,