The primary stage of learning, while teaching a young violinist, is one of the most difficult stages for pedagogue. This is the foundation of learner’s developing abilities, skills, musicianship, and personal culture. The peculiarities of age and their significance to musical education, training of student’s musical abilities and playing skills playing by ear at the primary stage of learning, and moreover the advantages of this method at the beginning of violinist’s teaching process are analysed in the master’s degree work. Subject – violinist’s education at the age of 6-7 playing by ear at the primary stage of learning. Objective – to find out what influence on violinist’s education has playing by ear at the primary stage of learning. Goals: 1. Study the methods of teaching, which are presented in the pedagogical and methodical violin schools’ literature. 2. Find out the advantages of playing by ear while improving the abilities of violinist at the age of 6-7. 3. Reveal the importance of playing by ear at the primary stage of learning. The research proved the hypothesis that the education of a beginner violinist becomes more efficient using the playing by ear at the primary stage of learning. The development of a child in the educational context, the age peculiarities at the age of 6-7, the system of initial playing elements, and the advantages of playing by ear in teaching of a beginner violinist are analysed in the work. The study proves the influence of playing... [to full text]