ABSTRACT

“Extended Techniques” are those untraditional music singing or playing techniques. Although the use of extended piano techniques were used through every period of music history their application in music since 1900’s has become much more common. Many contemporary composers search different technical possibilities of instruments and these techniques increase the instrumental colors for contemporary works. Extended piano techniques are techniques for producing unique sounds. In this study, Mesruh Savaş’s (1978) last two compositions which were composed for the project “Extended Piano Techniques and Teaching in Music Education Departments” was chosen as an example and were analyzed. Their contribution to music literature and their place and importance was examined and searched. Thus, it was observed that the extended techniques utilized in these pieces are playing pizzicato with right and left hands fingertips, glissando, using different tools like paper clips for achieving different colors and using different pedal techiques. According the limited literature about subject, like only one doctorate thesis, two article and two scientefic paper in Turkey, by making this analysis this study will make important contributions to the literature.