The study of music can increase the satisfaction that the student is able to derive from music and enable him or her to deal with more sophisticated and complex music. Formal study of music can sharpen one's perception, raise one's level of appreciation, and expand one's musical horizons. All of this will increase the degree of pleasure one can derive from making or listening to music. Skills Development in Music Education Participation in music education should assist students in the development of music, intellectual, and technical skills. The development of these skills will stimulate students' growth and understanding in music listening, performing, analyzing, and creating.
Music is intrinsically worth knowing.
It is a field of study with its own special body of knowledge, skills, and ways of thinking. The study of music is important and valuable in itself. Every member of society should have the opportunity to perform, to create, and to listen to music with understanding. Music as an Art Music's position in the curriculum many times is due to its qualities as an activity, but its essence is art. Music teachers must be concerned with guiding the student's growth in aesthetic sensitivity and understanding in helping him learn the principles of that particular art, how these principles relate to other arts, what the artist is trying to accomplish and how to find meaning for himself through interaction with the great works of art.