ABSTRACT Music and differences in knowledge – a study of music teachers experiences with differences in musical knowledge. The purpose of this paper is to, out of a music teacher’s perspective, see if the differences in music abilities between 7th grade students are at all, or in some ways connected to the previous schools they’ve attended. I will also research in what areas, in the subject of music, students are differing more, as well as less, in their knowledge.  The analysis is based on interviews with six 7th grade music teachers working in the Swedish nine-year compulsory school system. According to the teachers, the result of these interviews show that students do come from different music teaching backgrounds that can affect their skills in the subject. These teachers argue that students own music interest along with practicing in their free time, the pedagogues and access to material are all important components to why students differ in their music skills. According to the teachers, there is more of a difference in knowledge among the students when it comes to digital tools and ensemble playing and less of a difference when it comes to singing.

Diploma thesis "Development of musicality in children with specific learning disabilities" will be focused on children in elementary school age with diagnosis specific learning disabilities. The thesis is divided into two parts - a theoretical one and a practical one. The theoretic part includes information about specific leasing disabilities and about basic musical term. Also, there is a chapter about the psychomotor development. The practical part involves information about three children with specific leasing disabilities, be specific two boys and one girl at the similar age.This work will be find out level of musical skills in children with specific learning disabilities and compare their level of musical skills with intact children In second part of this thesis will be particular suggestions and procedure how to develop musicality in children with specific learning disabilities.

The problem of this study was to determine the cognitive development sequence of music skills. This sequence was determined by finding the music skills level, the Piagetian developmental level, and the developmental art level for twelve students differing in reading ability and in the first through fourth grades.The students were individually tested, using Piaget's semi-clinical interview technique. The students were tested on seven Piagetian tasks, ten music tasks, and one art task. The validity was determined through the interview process. The examiner redirected questions until he was certain the subjects were responding from conviction. The reliability of the study was achieved through a test-retest procedure and impartial expert evaluation of the test sessions.

TITLE: Popular Song in Piano Teaching ABSTRACT: Diploma thesis delas with the theme of popular songs in piano teaching. The thesis contains research which investigates the use and popularity of popular songs in piano teaching from the piano pedagogues' perspective. In addition, the thesis narrows this extensive topic to ten selected popular songs, their arrangements respectively created specifically for this thesis's purpose, to demonstrate their use in piano teaching on. Six of them are intended for little pianists, four are intended for advanced students. There is a theoretical part discussing selected aspects of elementary piano pedagogy which are applied in piano arrangements in the practical part of the thesis. KEYWORDS: popular song, piano four hands, piano methodology, development of general music skills, fairy-tales, Game of Thrones, ABBA