SIGHT-SINGING SKILLS OF MUSIC EDUCATION STUDENTS AT THE ELECTRONIC ORGAN CLASS
During the musical learning process, which starts from the preschool period and continues throughout life, it is possible for individuals to increase and improve their musical abilities and skills by means of the instruction of songs or melodies that are appropriate to their levels. Educated and qualified music teachers are the most significant elements in fulfilling this objective. In order for a music teacher to be beneficial to his/her students, he/she is expected to have some knowledge and skills, such as accompanying a melody, sight-singing, vocalizing, improvisation, and singing-playing together. These knowledge and skills can be possible with all that is gained by the musical education student during the process in becoming a music teacher, and if all lessons included in the educational program are taught in coordination with one another. The electronic organ class is taught during the second term of the second year at the departments of music education. In the literary research findings, the use of electronic organ at the music classes in the educational institutions at the primary and middle school level is emphasized to be necessary. A study finding suggests that the students’ success and positive attitude is higher at the music classes in which electronic organ is played when compared to those in which other instruments are played. In this study, the sight-singing skill levels of students who are enrolled in the electronic organ class will be determined, and they will be provided with key suggestions in improving their sight-singing skills. The study group is composed of 31 second-year students who are enrolled in the Electronic Organ class at Gaziosmanpaşa University’s Department of Musical Education at the 2016-2017 academic year.

Keywords
Sight-Singing, electronic organ lesson, music education.