Examination of The Functionality of The ‘Guitar Education and Accompaniment’ Course Delivered in A Virtual Classroom Environment for Instrument Performance

Abstract

Objective: this study aimed to determine the technical and musical levels of the students’ instrument performances. In this direction, the functionality of this course was evaluated by determining the technical, musical and general performance levels of the students. Method: in this study, where action research was adopted, two action studies were implemented within the scope of this study. The Performance Observation Form developed by Şenoğlu Özdemir (2019) as two dimensions, technical and musical, was used as the data collection tool. The study was carried out within the scope of the virtual classroom and Zoom application was used. Also, the Musescore, a native Turkish notation writing program, was used to explain musical information and studies. Within the scope of the study, Results: the data obtained from the video recordings of the lessons conducted within the scope of the action research contributed to the management of the process for students’ better understanding of subjects they had difficulty with for the next lesson. It was determined that the fact that each of the students in the study group played a different major instrument affected their performance. Discussion: suggestions were made to improve the instrument performance in the ‘Guitar Education and Accompaniment’ lesson delivered in the virtual classroom environment.