Formation of taste in music of youth based on the song folklore

The author examines the specifics of cultural and musical consumption of modern youth. The widespread propaganda by the mass media of anti-artistic phenomena and mediocre musical compositions leads to the devaluation of the musical and aesthetic taste of the younger generation, which determined the urgency of the issue. Based on such research methods as the analysis of scientific and pedagogical literature, generalization, observation, pedagogical experiment, the pedagogical conditions of the process of developing the taste in music of youth on the material of song folklore are determined. To conduct a pedagogical experiment, an age category of 14-17 years old who belong to the category of high school students, was selected. As a result of the conducted research, it was determined that the most effective and efficient form of mastering folk music is the creation of a folklore song theater at the school. The choice of collective forms in working with young people is explained by the fact that, in accordance with scientific ideas, one of the characteristic features of modern youth is its tendency to group activity.