Abstract
The purpose of the study is to investigate what kind of children's abilities Music Making has expected to develop in Japan after the world war II , and to reconsider the educational implications of Music Making from the viewpoint of Constructive Music Expression which has been generally regarded as Music Making. The study consists of three sections: (1) The history of Music Making and Constructive Music Expression; (2) The view of ability which Music Making intends to develop and Constructive Music Expression intends to do; and (3) From the viewpoint of Constructive Music Expression the implications of the activity of constructing sounds from the non-restricted ideas and the improvising way. The following conclusions were drawn: 1. The view on ability which Music Making has expected to develop is based on the knowledge and skill which are outside ability. 2. The view on ability which Constructive Music Expression has expected to develop consists in the relationships of inside abilities which are the interest, the thinking and decision-making, with outside ability which is the knowledge and skill. So it can contribute children's total development. 3. Music in school should make contributions to children's total development. The activity of constructing sounds with the non-restricted ideas and the improvising way should improve not only musical ability but also children's total development. 4. If the educational implication of the activity of constructing sounds with the non-restricted ideas and the improvising way is taken that children could reconstruct their own inner world through constructing sounds into music work, it could be the effective method for children's total development. Further study on the practical investigation of Music Making and Constructive Music Expression is under way.
