Vocalization of traditional Turkish folk music works with international art music terminology in vocational music education

In this study, it is aimed to re-notate and vocalize the verbal and non-verbal works that form the basis of Traditional Turkish Folk Music with the terms of International Art Music, which is widely used throughout the world, and thus to obtain useful data on their usability in educational institutions where vocational music education is given. This research is "Descriptive Research Model" in accordance with the scope of the problem and "pre-test post-test without control group" model in the experimental part. The study group of the research consists of 20 undergraduate students studying at Kafkas University State Conservatory. A 6-week video-assisted nuance study program for Turkish folk music pieces was applied to the students in the study group. Before and after the program, the students were asked to perform the works individually and collectively, and the performances were recorded and archived with video and voice recorders. The pieces named "Çaya İndim Taşı Yok" for the rythmic folk song type, "Halay (Erzincan Halay)" for the traditional dance music type and "Aşağıki Mehlenin Allı Gelini" for the unmetered folk song type were used. Pre-test-post-test videos recorded by the researcher were used to collect the data. In the process of obtaining the quantitative data of the study and reaching the findings, pretest-posttest rating forms were used. The quantitative data of the study were obtained with the rating forms submitted to expert opinion and statistical analyzes were performed. In the qualitative stage; "Semi-structured Interview Form", which was prepared in line with expert opinions and applied to the individuals in the study group, was used and the data obtained from the forms were analyzed by descriptive analysis from qualitative analysis methods. As a result of the analysis of the data and findings, significant positive differences were observed between the pre-test and post-test scores in all of the " Rythmic Folk Song ", "Traditioanal Dance Music" and "Unmetered Folk Dong" genres. According to the data obtained from the interviews with the students in the study group, it was found that the practice of vocalizing the works with International Art Music terms had a generally positive effect on the participating individuals.