Opinions of Piano Educators about Piano Auxiliary Apparatus

Abstract

Correct posture and hand position, which is the beginning stage of piano education, covers an important process that piano educators meticulously focus on. It is aimed to get the opinions of the piano educators about the "Piano Assisting Apparatus" (PİYAP), which has been designed and applied before, and to determine the place of the design in piano education. In addition, it is thought that the research is important in terms of determining the positive and negative aspects of the use of PİYAP in piano education. Survey model, one of the quantitative research methods, was used in the research. For this purpose, PİYAP opinions survey consisting of 14 questions was applied to piano educators in education faculties of our country. In addition, the difference between the opinions obtained about PİYAP and the seniority years of piano educators was sought to be investigated. 70 academicians who are experts in piano education participated in the research. Before the survey, the participants were watched an introductory video about PİYAP, and then they were asked to answer the survey questions. The Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was applied to look at the normality distribution of the data obtained from the survey, but it was seen that the data were not normally distributed. Kruskal-Wallis H test was applied according to the variable of seniority, and as a result, no significant difference was reached. When the survey questions were analyzed descriptively, the majority of the participants (%85) stated their positive opinions about PİYAP.