The availability of exercises based on modal melodies in gaining the basic elements of vocal training and various vocal techniques

In this study, a practice about the availability of exercises based on modal melodies in gaining the basic elements of vocal training and various vocal techniques is targeted. Within this context, the "Polat Vocal Exercises", produced with genuine modal melodies in order to be used in vocal training by taking as guides the Traditional Turkish Music (Turkish Folk Music–Turkish Classical Music) and Polyphonic Turkish Musical works that were composed or reorganized for the vocal in Hejaz mode, which is taken for sample, are focused on. Research was conducted with two different research models, which are "Descriptive" and "Experimental" models, and with "One Group Pretest-Posttest Model" which is a type of these researches. Within the frame of the extent of the research problem, firstly obtaining the vocal training literature from valid and reliable sources, the aim of the study, the importance of the study and the common points of expert opinions on objectifying the skills to be tested in the research process were centered upon. For this reason, descriptions to explain the current situation such as documentary literature scanning, survey and interview were made intensively. Within the vocal training process, the constitution of vocal exercise plans, appropriate to the repertoire, in order for Traditional Turkish Music (THM-TSM) and Polyphonic Turkish Musical works to be used more is of importance. Along with that, determinations were made in the direction that individuals need exercises suitable for the pronunciation and tonality of the Turkish Musical works and that there is a Turkish musical material problem in the vocal education process. For that purpose, the created exercises are named "Polat Vocal Exercises" after the researcher Sibel POLAT's surname. Key Words: Vocal Training, Vocal Exercise, Traditional Turkish Music (TFM-TCM), Polyphonic Turkish Music.