Japanese Music in the History of Music Education

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From the historical view point there is a decisive gap between new children's songs such as shoka and doyo and Japanese traditional music, especially folk songs. The position of Western music and Japanese music in shoka education has changed since the Meiji era. As the present music education has been founded under the influence of Western music we should understand the differences between Western songs and Japanese songs transmitted orally, and reconsider the ideas about teaching materials to teach Japanese music in schools.