The ornament techniques used in traditional Turkish art music performed by the piano

The ornament techniques have been surveyed in this study, forming the basis for the piano performance in Traditional Turkish Art Music. These techniques have been analyzed by moving on the performances of Hilal Çalıkoğlu, Erkan Yüksel, Feyzi Aslangil, who are commonly recognised in environment of traditional Turkish Art Music. First and foremost, the interactions between the Turkish Art Music and Western Music which has been progressed in late times of Ottoman Empire and the status of the piano in the palace have been emphasized so as to introduce the current situation in the historical process. Furthermore, the sound records of the piano performers have been noted and analyzed in order to determine the ornament techniques used. In the study, the necessary performance style and tone have been tried to be ascertained so as not to harm the nature and the characteristics of the Traditional Art Music by the piano performance. This sort of performance style is about to become extinct, the masters of which can no longer be trained and not be used widely. However, this style plays a significant role in terms of its richness in our music, cultural and social elements and inputs into the music training as well as processing them. Therefore, the learnable and teachable information is attached due importance from the educational point of view by examining the characteristics of the piano and Turkish Art Music. This should be noted that this study is expected provide significant backdrop with the necessary information to be used for this purpose.