PIANO INSTRUCTORS' OPINIONS ON THE APPLICABILITY OF KODALY APPROACH IN EARLY PIANO EDUCATION: NORTH CYPRUS EXAMPLE

Abstract

In the study, it was aimed to evaluate the activities which were designed for beginner level piano education based on the Kodály approach by piano educators. The research is a qualitative research and was carried out using a single case design, one of the case study designs. The study group of the research was determined by using the criterion sampling method, one of the purposive sampling methods, and 21 piano instructors who gave piano education in Northern Cyprus were reached. As a data collection tools, two different structured interview forms were created to determine the piano beginner methods used by piano instructors at the beginner level and to evaluate the designed activities. The obtained data were analyzed using descriptive and content analysis methods. As a result of the research; piano instructors found the beginner piano activities designed with the Kodály approach feasible. In addition to this, piano instructors stated that the activities will provide students with the ability to play the piano as well as musical hearing-reading skills, that they can gain permanent knowledge by actively participating in the activities with the materials, and that they can participate in the lesson in a relevant way by playing the motifs of the songs of their culture.

Keywords

• kodály approach
• piano education
• beginner piano education
• folk songs