SUMMARY The uniqueness of folklore is in the provided possibility of self – express for everyone. Folklore is not only singing, but also playing musical instruments, dancing, and acting. This way children can be involved into dynamic activities. It cannot be achieved only by singing, though, as there can be some children in a class whose ear for music and voice are weaker developed. The demand for a student to express himself or herself can be met referring to those musical abilities, which are stronger expressed. However, pupils prefer entertaining music, where rhythm dominates; while historically valuable musical compositions remain incomprehensible, therefore they do not become a part of one’s individuality. Students of senior forms become uninterested both in folk music and in the subject of music itself. The study analyses the tendencies of Lithuanian folk music in education of students of the 9th -12th forms. The aim of this research work is to base the importance of folk music in musical education as a relevant prerequisite for intensive interface between national culture and a person. Certain objectives have been set up in order to implement the aim: to define the conception and significance of folk music in musical education; to analyze the peculiarities of the stages of adolescence and juvenescence; to work out an individual syllabus for after-school activities; to set an approach so that students’ attitude towards folk music could be determined; to study the... [to full text]