Opinions, Planning and Practices of Piano Instructors of Music Teacher Training Programs Regarding the Transfer of Musical Field Knowledge to the Piano Class : A University Sample

Abstract

This research aims to determine the opinions of Piano instructors of music teacher training programs regarding the transfer of musical field knowledge to the Piano class, the place they give this subject to their course planning, the level of transfer and the methods of transfer. This research has been limited with Music History, Musical Forms and Polyphone Knowledge among Musical Field knowledge branches. This study has been conducted with five instructors, whose expertise are Piano Education, and who teach at Music Teacher Training Undergraduate Program at a university chosen from the Black Sea Region, Turkey. Research data was collected via narrative interview, document analysis and observation. At the end of the research, it was determined that the instructors believe the context of Musical Field Knowledge should be transferred to the Piano course, but that they do not give place in their course plans, and that the knowledge is transferred at the level of “Relatively Little” and generally “None” during practice. Moreover, the method used most for the transfer of said branches was found to be “Narration”.Key words: Piano course, transfer, musical field knowledge, music history, musical forms, polyphone knowledge