An examination of children's songs published on social media in terms of music-conceptual characteristics

In this research, 50 children's songs for preschoolers on five Youtube channels representing the sample group; subjects, types, measurement units, forms, sound intervals, durations, velocity terms and the instruments used. Document analysis, one of the qualitative research techniques, was used in the research. The study population of the research consists of songs for pre-school children with Turkish lyrics, recorded and appealing to pre-school age groups, and the sample consists of songs by composers whose compositions are featured on selected Youtube channels. Children's songs, which were taken as samples, were examined under the musical analysis titles mentioned above, and the obtained data were interpreted descriptively. It is seen that the songs examined in the research are largely supported by animations, visuals and rich musical infrastructures. Thus, it is thought that school songs for preschoolers are made imaginative in every aspect and attract the attention of the audience. As a result, it has been revealed that the contents prepared and published for preschool children's songs appeal to a wide audience on social media, and the animations of the songs are remarkable and instructive. In this direction, suggestions have been made regarding the importance of increasing the number of such studies on social media. Keywords: Children's song, Educational music, Preschool, Educational Music Composition, Analysis