Science & Education, cilt.83, ss.693-701, 2013 (SCI-Expanded)
The present research determines the attitudes of musicians, who had either received or did not receive professional musical
education, towards their instruments. Among the methods of descriptive research, an associational scanning model was chosen
for the purposes of this research. The data of the research was obtained by use of a “personal information form” and an “attitude
towards instrument scale” developed by the researcher. A total of 307 people, who had/did not have a professional musical
education, formed the population of this research. Before dealing with statistical analysis, demographic variables were grouped
and an “attitude towards instrument scale” was graded. It was found that there were important differences between “attitude to
instrument scale” levels and some variables.