Adopting Western-Style Violin Techniques in Playing Malay Song

The violin instrument is one of the compulsory subjects in the
Music Education Study Program, which is a competency for students who
make it the main choice. In the learning, theoretical and practical
reinforcement is given, so that students can master both knowledge and play
it well, so that these two materials become an inseparable part. This is done
as a strengthening of the knowledge of graduates as prospective artists and
prospective teachers, who will present them in class. However, in the learning
process there are still many obstacles, especially the lack of learning resources
related to the cultural context, especially in creative material by incorporating
Western elements into ethnic music, especially ethnic North Sumatra. This is
related to how to adopt the structure of Western music into ethnic music, in
addition to technological advances that require lecturers to be more creative
in the process of transferring knowledge, which is certainly a problem in the
implementation of learning. Based on this, the purpose of this research is to
focus on designing the Violin learning media in the form of a Violin Textbook
as a strengthening of student competence. This research is development
research that refers to the Borg and Gall development model with ten steps of
implementation. These ten stages are then grouped into 5 stages, namely the
needs analysis stage, the planning stage, the initial product manufacturing
stage, the assessment and validation stage, and the final product stage. Data
analysis techniques include analysis of product data validity including media
and materials.