Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Journal for the Interdisciplinary Art and Education, cilt.4, sa.2, ss.57-71, 2023 (Hakemli Dergi)
Our scientific article entitled "A bright representative of the composer school - Adil The
aim of this study is to find out views on sight reading of undergraduate music education
students who are mainly trained on bowed string instruments including the violin, the
viola and the cello. The sub-problems of the research relate to the differentiation of the
prospective music teachers’ views in terms of grade level, instrument education duration,
and musical education duration. It is a descriptive study using literature review for
qualitative data and survey methods for quantitative data. The study group consists of
43 string instrument students enrolled at Gazi University, Gazi Faculty of Education,
Fine Arts Education Department, Music Education Branch during the 2021-2022
academic year. The quantitative pillar was carried out by using the Opinionnaire for
Sight Reading on String Instruments (OSRSI). The opinion form is a 5-point Likert
scale consisting of 35 items ranked across the options “Strongly disagree”, “Disagree”,
“Neutral”, “Agree” and “Strongly agree”. The questions in the measurement tool have 7
dimensions. Dimension 1 is about the use of sight reading exercises in instrument lessons
(4 items), Dimension 2 deals with practices to improve sight reading skills (4 items),
Dimension 3 concerns attitudes towards new pieces for sight reading (2 items),
Dimension 4 is related with another area of attitude towards new pieces for sight reading
(5 items), Dimension 5 deals with difficulties encountered in sight reading (12 items),
Dimension 6 is about factors affecting motivation in sight reading (6 items), and
Dimension 7 covers the use of sight reading practices outside individual instrument
lessons (2 items). The data were analyzed and interpreted with SPSS. The results revealed
no significant relationship between the OSRSI scores and duration of instrument
education or duration of music education. However, the grade level was shown to exert
a significant effect on the scores obtained from the scale. These results can provide useful
insights for developing strategies for music teachers and music education programs.