Investigation of channels in Turkish that having violin teaching series on YouTube

Abstract

This research examines the channels containing violin teaching series on YouTube. In the research, 835 videos uploaded by 13 channels were examined. Quantitative data and basic information of the channels in this case study were analyzed in terms of video date, number of subscribers, last video date, shared communication ways, number of playlists, total number of videos, total video duration, average video duration, number of views, number of likes, number of comments, and video resolution. The contents of the 5 videos in each channel constitute the qualitative data. In the research, it was concluded that a wide audience was reached in terms of the total number of subscribers and views; there has been an increase in first video uploads to channels during the Covid-19 period; videos were mostly 8 to 13 minutes long; there was a linear relationship between the number of likes and the number of views; there was no relationship between the number of comments and the number of views; the 5 most watched videos on channels constitute 45 percent of all videos in terms of number of views;  the most common contents in the most watched videos were 'how to play the song x', 'bow holding' and 'bow drawing', 'holding the violin', and 'bow drawing exercises'.