Ethno cultural peculiarities of music and choir education: theoretical aspect

In the article examines music and choral education of children in the condition of ethno-cultural peculiarities. The author is revels to this problem of ethno-cultural education linking folk pedagogy and ethno pedagogic. Analyzing modern schoolchildren education, we found out that there is a need in the implementation of the ethno-linguistic approach to music education, including interaction between ethnicity, culture (music) and language, focusing on the folk poetic word, semantics words, language, folklore and texts of culture. The ethno-linguistic approach to music education and choral music education is revealed on the example of the author’s technique. Ethno cultural education enhances the development of love and respect to the native country, native place, its people, native musical art and music of other peoples, development of culture of interethnic communication, development of ethnic musical competence which enables to preserve ethnic musical traditions.