This master's thesis addresses the Slovene folk music tradition, which is, apart from art music, crucial for the integral evolution of music knowledge and is also the foundation of Slovene intangible cultural heritage. We aimed to add to the music repertoire of traditional folk music, which represents part of the curriculum for the music theory class. The theoretical part explains vocal and dance folk heritage, namely its cultural and ethnic background, and connection with art music. The aim was to analyse coursebooks for music theory class and solfeggio through folk music. We analysed Mali glasbeniki 1 to 6, Solfeggio I and II, Nauk o glasbi 1 to 6, and 500 melodičnih narekov and prepared the table of folk songs used in the coursebooks. Most songs originate from Europe, followed by America, Asia, and Africa. The selection of folk songs for our collection, spanning from 1st to 6th class in music theory, was debated from the perspective that considers both musical content and pedagogical approaches, depending on the objectives and methodologies employed by the authors in their coursebooks. The empirical part includes original adaptations in the form of piano accompaniment for traditional folk music from world folk literature. It consists of 18 pieces, 16 European and 2 American. The thesis has provided a practical choice of music examples from Slovene and worldwide folk traditions, which enables teachers to combine the contents of music theory with actual music logically and contributes to a higher quality of lessons.
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