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This research aims to determine the student's knowledge levels in the Department of music education after completing two semesters of Western music theory and practice courses. The study group consisted of 126 students studying in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th grades of Marmara University Atatürk Faculty of Education, Department of Fine Arts Education, Department of Music Education. The study was designed using a descriptive survey model, and the Western music theory and practice knowledge test and personal information form developed by the researchers were used as data collection tools. The data obtained were analyzed with the help of Kruskall-Wallis and Mann-Whitney U tests. According to the research results, the fact that the students studying in the Department of music education have taken only two semesters of Western music theory and practice courses shows that they are inadequate in musical hearing, reading and writing skills. In addition, variables such as the type of high school the students graduated from, their level of finding the duration of the course sufficient, and their musical hearing, reading and writing education before starting university revealed that there were significant differences between the total scores of the western music theory and practice course achievement test. This research is considered an important research that can contribute to the existing limited studies and develop a knowledge test to measure the knowledge of students studying in the Department of music education towards Western music theory and practice courses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Turkey is an important country that keeps the modal music culture. In this respect, there is a large study area for music researchers. Spatial analysis is often used as a superficial interpretation by listening to a melody or looking at its note. However, in today's technology age, it is necessary to reach more clear and precise results in such analyzes. In this sense, it is inevitable to use computer aided software. In this study, the frequency of use of pitches, which constitute seven different makams, has been calculated meticulously. In calculating the data, MusicXML and SQL query languages were used and pitch time value distributions were obtained. On the basis of the data obtained, the compatibility and incompatibilities between theory and practice were examined. Incompatibility of theory and practice has been observed in some maqams. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]