Despite the existence of educators who use the third position as the home position for beginner violin training and get positive results, repertoires of violin pedagogues and current music school curricula show an overwhelming preference for the first position. I determined that studies on this preference and research related to the use of the…

This research aims to examine the self-regulation behaviors of the undergraduate students which they display in their music education process and the differentiation of these behaviors according to various variables as well as collecting the opinions of the students about the musical instrument practice behaviors. In this study, where mixed method…

Mindfulness and emotion regulation through music listening are skills that share some attributes with the skill of positive solitude (PS; defined as an inner choice to dedicate time to a meaningful, enjoyable activity or experience managed by oneself, with or without the presence of others). Nevertheless, little is known about their relationship…

The purpose of this study is to determine the self-efficacy perceptions of undergraduate students studying at the Music Department on individual instruments, and to examine whether students' self-efficacy perception on instrument performance differed significantly according to various variables such as year, gender, the type of high school…

As a topic, folk music inclusion in the European school system dates to the 19th century. It has continued throughout the 20th century with the inclusion of other "nonclassical" genres such as popular and world music. In Greece, the inclusion of traditional instruments in the curriculum of public Music Secondary Schools occurred in 1988.…

This study examines musical episodes occurring in a family with two young children, collected and analysed through the Language Environment Analysis system, interpreting then using Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Systems Theory to understand how the microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem and macrosystem influenced these episodes. The focus was on two…

This study examines how piano-accompanied solfège reading practices of preservice music teachers (N = 28) affect their performance on their musical hearing, reading, and writing (MHRW) classes. A pretest-posttest design with control groups was employed. The data were analyzed by 2 × 2 split-plot analysis of variance (ANOVA) and one-way ANOVA.…

This study was designed to investigate the effect of student performance level on teachers' expressive-emotional discourse in musical instrument classes, the possible loci of emotions present in teachers' discourse and the existence of a tradition of expressive factors in the interpretation of certain musical works. Forty-seven guitar master…

This study investigates the current promotion of traditional music literacy through the preservation and integration of the Tuhu, a two-stringed bowed instrument deeply rooted in the cultural heritage of the Zhuang ethnic group, into school education. Despite its cultural significance, the Tuhu faces challenges such as declining skilled…

Musical education is the process of acquiring the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary for musical activity, as well as the body of knowledge and related skills and abilities obtained because of training. In today's rapidly evolving educational landscape, the integration of innovative tools and techniques transforms music education. By…

Zadok Adolu-Otojoka (b. 1932) is one of the prominent music educators and professional performers in the recent history of arts education in East Africa. A Ugandan by nationality, Adolu-Otojoka has served in different professional capacities as music educator, opera singer, folk musician, dancer, composer, and education/culture administrator, at…

Interactive learning environments have become important components for teaching pianists, which determines the relevance of the research topic. The study was conducted in Faculty of Piano of the Shenyang Conservatory of Music, and 87 first-year undergraduates participated in it. A positive effect of interactive teaching aids on professional skills…

One of the most important names in the history of classical music is the Flemish-born German composer and pianist Ludwig van Beethoven. Op.57 No.23 "Appassionata", composed by the composer, one of the Viennese classics, in the second period of his musical life, which was divided into three, is a magnificent work that takes a different…

In this research, the aim is to determine the effect of piano education on visual memory. One of the quantitative research methods, experimental research design, was used in the study, and the study group was determined with the purposive sampling method. The short-term visual memory of the students aged from 8 to 12 (experimental n=36, control…

The progress societies take in progress becomes directly proportional to their adaptation to technology and their rapid catching up with change. In the computer age, all kinds of life layers of individuals are intertwined with technology. As a matter of fact, education, culture, health, social and all kinds of social life layers are being carried…