ANALYSIS OF METHODOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES USED IN PIANO TEACHING IN THE EXAMPLE OF ELENA GNESİNA’S “PIANO ALPHABET” ELENA GNESİNA’NIN “PİYANO ALFABESİ” ÖRNEĞİNDE PİYANO ÖĞRETİMİNDE KULLANILAN YÖNTEMSEL İLKELERİN ANALİZİ
Yegah Musicology Journal, cilt.7, sa.3, ss.283-313, 2024 (Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 7 Sayı: 3
- Basım Tarihi: 2024
- Doi Numarası: 10.51576/ymd.1539950
- Dergi Adı: Yegah Musicology Journal
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.283-313
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Analysis, Articulation, Elena Gnesina, Methodological principles, Piano teaching, ‘Piano Alphabet’
- Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
- Kocaeli Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
This study is dedicated to the examination of methodological principles used in piano teaching through the example of Elena Gnesina’s album “Piano Alphabet”. Elena Gnesina, a renowned pianist, pedagogue, composer, and social activist, holds a significant place in Russian and Soviet music history during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The multi-level music education system that Gnesina established during this period is still evident in the educational institutions of the Russian Federation and the former Soviet Union countries today. Additionally, as a composer, she made significant contributions to the creation of a pedagogical repertoire for piano education. The content of these works aims to solve technical problems encountered in the initial stages of piano instruction. One of such works is the ‘Piano Alphabet’ album composed for early stages of piano education. Gnesina begins the album with a preface that reflects her theoretical pedagogical views, which are then integrated into the content of the work. The purpose of this study is to elucidate Gnesina’s teaching principles in light of a pianistic analysis of the ‘Piano Alphabet’. Another aim of the study is to integrate her pedagogical principles into piano education in Turkey. To achieve these objectives, books, monographs, articles, methodological notes, and other documentary materials related to the subject were examined during the research process. he study’s data were obtained through the analysis of 50 etudes and pieces from the ‘Piano Alphabet’ with respect to their specific features in piano technique. The analysis concluded that the album is a significant methodological resource for the gradual development of piano articulation techniques such as legato, non-legato, staccato, portato, and tenuto, and it effectively facilitates the simultaneous application of different performance techniques, coordination, and synchronization of hand movements. Additionally, the ‘Piano Alphabet’ album has been practically used by the researcher with students of different age groups for an extended period. In this context, the album can be considered an effective methodological tool for developing professional piano playing skills in students.