An Evaluation on the Instructor Views of the Use of Turkish Folk Musical Pieces in Violin Education

In this study, the use of Turkish folk musical pieces in violin education was examined within the frame of the views of 37 violin educators who are working in the departments of music education. The research is a descriptive study in the general survey model. Frequency percentage analysis was used in the analysis of the data obtained in the research. According to the research results, the arguments are revealed that Turkish folk musical pieces are not sufficiently given in the violin education and it is necessary to protect both the original structures and the approaches appropriate for the universal playing form of the violin in the violin adaptations of Turkish folk musical pieces and the exercises which are existing in the violin education and which are facilitating to play Turkish folk musical pieces are limited