Educational Research and Reviews, cilt.15, sa.7, ss.346-353, 2020 (Hakemli Dergi)
The research is aimed to evaluate the impact of fine arts high school
music department program on the piano playing skills of students. In
this context, it was determined to what degree fine arts high school
students thought the school program contributed to their piano playing
skills and differentiation of student opinions as per their gender and
class was also examined. A cross sectional descriptive design was
conducted. The sample of the research consists of 356 students attending
five different Music Departments of Fine Art High Schools. A
questionnaire, consisting of 23 items, was formed by the researcher to
collect the data. The results showed that majority of students
considered that the program was insufficient to contribute to
development of their piano playing skills. For example, almost half of
the students thought that the school program did not adequately develop
their sills which include production and performance of musical ideas,
transposition and composition skills in relation to piano playing
skills. On the other hand, most of the students think that the program
developed their independent instrument learning skills and their skills
to evaluate the pieces which they played.