Primary School Students’ Musical Images in their Pictures and Its’ Relationship with the Music Lessons at School

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the influence of music lesson in children’s artistic representations
based on pictures and written thoughts on pictures. For this main purpose, this study investigated the students’
musical images affected by the music lessons at school. The study investigated a sample of students between the
ages 9-11 in a primary school in Altındağ, Ankara. The study sample consisted of the students at Beşikkaya
Primary School. Through the research, the students were asked to draw their thoughts, images on music and,
answer the questions about their drawings. As a result of the research, it was found that there are three categories
that children perceive and give meaning to music. These categories are education, entertainment, and affection
which could also be used as the main variables in further research on music perceptions of children.