抄録
Self-initiated musical activity within socio-cultural environments influences children’s musical development. Therefore, focusing on the relationship between children’s musical creativity and their socio-cultural environments, this study clarified one aspect of spontaneous music-making in free play. The author targeted four-year-old children in H kindergarten, a public kindergarten in Tokyo. Scenes of spontaneous music-making from children’s free play were extracted from videos of activities on November 27 and December 4, 2013. Analyzing these data as two case studies in five scenes, the author considered the interaction between kindergarten culture and children’s creative music-making. Results showed that the kindergarteners not only enjoyed individual free expression but also involved others in the process of a new cultural creation. Through this process, children incorporated the expressiveness of others individually, explored new materials, expressed themselves, and collaborated with each other. Since the children related to one another, together they generated culture and developed their creativity.
