FORMATION OF THE MUSICAL CULTURE FOR OLDER ADOLESCENTS BY MEANS OF THE ROCK MUSIC

Abstract

The relevance of the problem under study is conditioned with a wide popularity of the rock music among adolescents. However, the instructional and educational potential of the rock music is poorly studies and is not sufficiently applied in the school practice. The purpose of the paper is to identify the potential of the rock music for formation of the musical culture of adolescents, for their exposure to the art of music. The main method for the research of this problem is the method of the pedagogical experiment that combines both traditional and advanced forms and methods of teaching, and that enables to identify the new contents of the teaching using the potential of the rock music. In general, the results of the research and experimental work make it possible to note the solvency of the range of lessons in the subject of the "Rock music" developed by the authors and intended to develop the musical culture of adolescents in the supplementary music education system.