Investigation of teacher opinions on tanbur education in fine arts high school

Dating back to centuries, Turkish music lived its golden age, particularly during the Ottoman Empire. Turkish music composers and performers supported by The Palace carried out new studies for the development of Turkish music within this period. So much so that, many Sultans contributed to this field through composing and playing instruments. The rise in Turkish music, which started with the Ottoman, pushed its own limits in the 19th and 20th centuries especially in instrument performance. Many artists such as Yorgo Bacanos, Cemil Bey, Yusuf Pasha, Vecibe Daryal, Cevdet Çağla, Ruşen Ferit Kam were trained in almost every instrument. Among these, tanbur is one of the instruments that are played less today and unknown to the younger generation. In order to introducc and teach this instrument to students at a young age, education started in fine arts high schools. In this rescarch, the content of the curriculum applied by the Ministry of Education at the fine arts high schools during the interviews conducted with Turkish educators were examined in detail. As a result, deficiencies in the curriculum were intended to be identified in the pursuit of a better education. This way, the curriculum is significant in terms of being a guide for students who will start to tanbur education in tanbur training lessons of conservatories. As a preliminary preparation for the methods used and being an example of tanbur methods to be written in this field.