The effect of accompaniment instruments on horon dance form: The example of Trabzon region Sallama Horon (Düz horon)

This research aims to deal with the instruments accompanying the dance as a possible reason for the variation in traditional dance performances of people living in close proximity to each other belonging to the same culture. Within the scope of the research, dances performed in different forms with the accompaniment of different instruments in Trabzon region, which has a central identity in the Black Sea Region; form variations and the possible effects of accompaniment reeds in this diversity. In this direction, the bodily movements in the performance forms of the dances were examined and the differences between them were determined; The instruments accompanying these dances have been tried to be associated with these differences in terms of their acoustic properties. The acoustic properties of the instruments accompanying traditional dances were analyzed using the PRAAT software; The effects of the differences determined as a result of the analyzes made on the differences in dance performance forms were investigated. Parallel to this, interviews were conducted with dance and accompaniment instrument players who are widely known in the region. In the light of these interviews, the expert opinion of the local performers was sought on the acoustic differences of the accompaniment instrument, which are significantly related to the traditional dance form diversification. As a result of the study, it was found that there were significant parallels between the differences in dance form and the differences in acoustic properties of the instruments accompanying the dances. These results are also confirmed by the local performers whose expert opinion is sought. It is thought that the results of the research will give a new perspective to the traditional dance form variations.