Investigation of body posture problems experienced in baglama teaching process

Abstract

This research was conducted to determine the bodily setting problems experienced during the bağlama teaching process and to reveal the search for solutions to these problems. The research was conducted in accordance with the case study design, which is one of the qualitative research designs. The participants of the study consisted of 42 bağlama instrument teachers, 88.1% of whom were male (n=37) and 11.9% of whom were female (n=5). In the study, "open and closed-ended questionnaire form" prepared by the researcher was used as a data collection tool. The data obtained were analyzed according to thematic analysis technique. The research data were analyzed under five themes. These themes are; "Sitting mistakes and solution suggestions", "Instrument Positioning Mistakes and Solution Suggestions", "Right Hand Positioning Mistakes and Solution Suggestions", "Left Hand Positioning Mistakes and Solution Suggestions" and "Use of Apparatus for bodily setting". As a result of the research, it was determined that students experienced bodily setting problems during the baglama vocalization process and that teachers made various practices to overcome these problems.

Keywords

• Baglama teaching
• Bodily setting
• Instrument training
• Posture-holding
• Sitting
• Music education

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