A SOCIO-CULTURAL STUDY ON THE PROCESS OF USE OF ANATOLIAN MUSICAL ELEMENTS IN GUITAR PRACTICES IN TURKEY

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze in the light of the historical information the socio-cultural reasons, providing that, guitar, as a Western instrument, is used, having been adapted to the Anatolian musical culture during and after the republican era in Turkey and how this adaptation process occurs. It is mentioned that the reflections of the Westernization movement in Turkey to music through the musical policies of the Republic period, which naturally results in that the classical guitar has entered into Turkey, both as an its performance of original guitar literature and as an instrument of arrangement, adapted to the Turkish music. Furthermore it has been discussed the re-entrance of guitar into Turkey in a different way after 1960’s as a resulf of the proliferation of popular culture. Guitar has been using actively in various music genres in Turkey such as ‘pop’, ‘rock’, and ‘protest’, as well. It has been emphasized that guitar be located in as a solo and accompaniment instrument in Turkish traditional and popular musics and have been tried different ways both during its production and performance, in this way it could have been adapted to the Anatolian culture. It has been stated that the usage of guitar has different milestones pertain to Republican Period, 1960’s, 1980’s and today’s in Turkey.