The impact of studies based on polyphonic turkish music and classical western music compositions, etudes, and series on orchestra lesson attitude and success

The aim of this study is to determine the effect of the training program created for polyphonic Turkish Music and Classical Western Music works, etudes and sequences on orchestra lesson success and attitudes towards orchestra lesson. The study employed an exploratory sequential design, a methodology commonly used in mixed method research. In the quantitative phase of the study, a quasi-experimental research model, the pretest-posttest design, was employed to investigate the research question. In the qualitative phase, a case study design was used to gain a deeper understanding of the phenomenon under investigation. The study group comprised 20 participants currently enrolled in the music teaching department of İnönü University. In the quantitative dimension of the study, the Orchestra and Chamber Music Course Achievement Level Determination Form, developed by the researcher, was employed to ascertain the level of success in the orchestra course. The Attitude Scale Towards Orchestra Course, developed by Öztopalan and Uçal Canakay (2016), was utilised to measure the student attitudes. In the qualitative dimension of the research, a semi-structured interview form was used to determine student opinions on the training programme created for Turkish Music and Classical Western Music works, etudes and sequences. The inter-rater agreement test and paired sample t-test were used to analyse the data collected in the study. In addition, content analysis was used to analyse the data obtained in the qualitative part. The research findings indicated that the training programme designed for polyphonic Turkish music and classical Western music had a positive impact on the success of the orchestra course. Furthermore, the training programme designed for polyphonic Turkish music was found to have a greater impact on the success of the orchestra. Furthermore, the training programme for polyphonic Turkish music was found to have a statistically significant effect on students' attitudes towards the orchestra course. Conversely, the training programme created for classical Western music was found to have no significant effect on students' attitudes towards the orchestra course. The results of the qualitative analysis of the study indicated that students who participated in the training programme for polyphonic Turkish music pieces reported an increase in their success in orchestra lessons and a positive change in their negative feelings. It can be concluded that the factors contributing to this increase in success are the students' love of Turkish music, enjoyment of playing it, familiarity with the ear, working with the sequence, etude and piece order, and careful and meticulous work.