ABSTRACT

A. The Purpose of the Study: Through the necessary musical experience in daily life, we want to make the purpose of music education as the performing the gentle emotion and perfect personality, and in the other hand, editing the curriculum of the primary school music subject. The children in recent days, leaving the standard school music (Children Songs), would like to enjoy the popular songs or CM songs through Television or Radio and we should make some confirm plan for improving such mis-lead musical tendency for the good education of the primary school children. To make the standard curriculum of the music subject, we should make some policy to prevent the children from the harm of Television or Radio, and also we should edit good songs for the children. B. The Problem of the Study: 1. The tendency for the population of Children Songs and general and popular songs should be classified into some type of favorite. 2. To inspect the tendency of appreciation for music in the children who receives private music teaching (or lesson), and in the children who don`t take such special lessons. 3. To inspect the popularity for the children songs and other regular songs which was taught at school. 4. To inspect the popularity according to the taste with 50 songs each in children songs and general and popular songs. C. The Objects and Method of the Study: 1. To make broad examine on the musical tendency of our country, I took the High standard-level primary school in Seoul-(A), and middle-level primary school-(B), and a low-level primary school in countryside-(C), as the standard sample of this study, and each school selected some boys and girls, totally 1,460 boys and girls were examined as samples of this study. 2. Using the questionnaires, have selected most popular songs of 15, that were chosen by the children under free selection, and also I checked the taste of musical appreciation of the children and the circumstances of their living level. 3. With the collected samples, I classified the popularity, and the number of melody, using the percentage in accordance with the condition of life, difference of grade of the children. D. Findings and Conclusions: 1. The number of children songs which is favorite for the children is approximately 1/5 of the general and popular songs, and the frequency of children songs is 2/5 of the general and popular songs. Concerning to the circumstances of the children, in sample A, the number of the children who likes general and popular songs than children songs has shown 2/3 of the whole, but in sample C, most children liked the children songs than general and popular songs. 2. The classification of the children songs are spread to the whole music text-books of the primary school. And the general and popular songs, wore consisted of popular songs, CM songs and National songs, in turn. 3. The tendency of taste of music appreciation among the children are almost same degree in samples A, B, and C, and especially the children who receive the special teachings shown more good taste in music appreciation. 4. The places where the children learnt the children songs were school class-room, but the high-level school children songs were school class-room, but the high-level school children has shown the strong affection of the music, and they said it was at their home to have the good taste of music appreciation, due to the Television and Radio at their homes. 5. The person who taught the children songs was mostly school teachers, and the next, their sisters and brothers at home had taught them songs, As for the popularity of general and popular songs in A and B school, they said they could learn the songs through Television or Radio, but in C school, the children said they learn the songs from their teachers. 6. The place where the children sing songs is at home alone shown most frequently, and the next was at school recreation hour , and the tendency of general songs appreciation is incr