Comparison of Turkish and Western Children’s Songs in terms of measure keys

Authors

  • Feyzan Göher Vural

Keywords:

Turkish Children’s Songs, Western Children’s Songs, Measure Key, Rhythmic Structure, Musical Analysis

Abstract

Children songs are one of the factors helping children love music, develop their music skills, contributing to cognitive development particularly during early childhood. Although it is considered that most children’s songs are similar in terms of voice area and musical structure, the musical and cultural components of the society where they belong may be reflect in some differences in the children’s songs. There are essential similarities and differences between Turkish and Western children’s songs. They can be seen in several factors such as theme, tonal and rhythmic structures. The measure keys of the songs may also display both difference and similarity in this respect.

 

This study, based on “general scanning model” and “relational scanning model”, has been conducted on 1000 Turkish Children's songs and 1000 Western children’s songs. As a result of the study, determined that measure key counts are highly different but the most frequently used measure keys are parallel.

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Author Biography

Feyzan Göher Vural

Feyzan Göher Vural was born in İstanbul. She entered University of Niğde, Faculty of Education, Department of Fine Arts Teaching, Music Teaching Program in 1996.  She studied harmony, chorus, solfege and dictation with Prof. Muzaffer Arkan; piano with Assit Prof. Dr. Güler Demirova; school music instruments with Sefai Acay, counterpoint and composing children’s songs with Assoc. Prof. Dr. Uğur Türkmen, Turkish Classical Music Education with Süleyman Koyuncu and Bülent Koyuncu; Turkish Folk Music Education with Musa Ayçiçek in there. She graduated from this school as the first of University in 2000.

In the same year, she entered University of University of Gazi, Institute of Educational Sciences, Department of Music Teaching, Master Program. She studied Preparation of Musical Educational Program with Prof. Dr. Ali UÇAN; Manuscripts of Turkish Music with Prof. Dr. M. Cihat Can; harmony and counterpoint with Prof. Ali Sevgi and piano with Prof. Gül Çimen and Dr. Güler Demirova. She finished master thesis about piano with her adviser Prof. Gül Çimen and she graduated from this program in 2002. In the same period, she became assistant in University of Niğde.

She entered University of Gazi, Institute of Educational Sciences, Department of Music Teaching, Doctorate Program in 2002. She studied Musical Educational Program Analyzing with Professor Ali Uçan, Musical Analyzing with Computer with Professor M.Cihat Can, Sociology of Music with Professor Salih Akkaş, Analysis of Etudes with Prof. Dr. Türev Berki and piano with Prof. Gül Çimen. She finished doctorate thesis about musical analyzing with her adviser Prof. Dr. M. Cihat Can, and she graduated from this program in 2006.

She became Assistant Professor in University of Niğde, Department of Music Teaching in 2007. She participated several congress and seminars with his investigations about musicology, music culture, education of music, sociology of music and musical analyzing in Turkiye, England, Italy and Ireland. She started working in University of Selçuk, Faculty of Education, Department of Fine Arts Teaching, Music Teaching Program in 2010. She teaches Piano, History of Music and Music Culture in undergraduate level; Culture and Music  in Master Program.

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Published

2011-07-07

How to Cite

Göher Vural, F. (2011). Comparison of Turkish and Western Children’s Songs in terms of measure keys. Journal of Human Sciences, 8(2), 286–293. Retrieved from https://www.j-humansciences.com/ojs/index.php/IJHS/article/view/1661

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 2 (2011)

Section

Music

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Uluslararası İnsan Bilimleri Dergisi ISSN:1303-5134
International Journal of Human Sciences ISSN:2458-9489
 
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