The development of percussion studying methods in the bachelor degree of percussion curriculum at conservatory

In the study, it was aimed, primarily, to develop methods appropriate to the bachelor degree of percussion curriculum, and to create national sources from these methods to increase the technical and musical performance level in the bachelor degree of percussion curriculum by means of revealing their contribution to the students' performance with experimental methods. The percussion studying methods used in Turkey are generally of international origin. It is seen that these methods are not in a methodological order in accordance with the technical and musical expectations required by each grade, student level and percussion instrument at the curriculum. The research was made with the instruments actively used in the percussion curriculum and with the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and the 4th grade percussion students. The study was carried out with four students from determined universities. Due to the small number of subjects, a single-subject semi-experimental design was used in order to reveal the contributions of the developed percussion studying methods to the technical and musical performances of the undergraduate students from the 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade and 4th grade. The methods put forward under the consultancy of the experts were divided into four parts, and the developments were recorded in terms of beginning, appliance and determination level throughout the assigned research period. The data of the study was recorded in technical and musical context by the "Percussion Instruments Graded Rating Key" developed by Dönmez and Dalkıran (2018), and Cohen Kappa statistics were used to measure the reliability between the raters. In addition, in the analysis of the data obtained from the "Percussion Instruments Graded Rating Key", the column chart method of the graphical analysis method was preferred. Consequently, it is seen that the percussion studying methods developed in the research contribute to the percussion performance of the students in the bachelor degree of percussion curriculum. It is also understood that these percussion studying methods generate national sources.