Musical ear as a means of developing musical abilities

The priority of cultural values, along with the individual`s moral-psychological development and creative-emotional attitude toward the world, ensures the stable development of society. A significant role is given to supplementary art education institutions in developing the spiritual culture of the younger generation. They are intended to acquaint children with aesthetic values, develop their creative abilities, and shape positive value orientations. The objective of music pedagogy is to develop learners' competencies that enable conscious perception and performance of music. Systematic and purposeful instruction in this area creates favorable conditions for mastering musical elements and fostering their further development. Music, as a form of art, has great spiritual and moral potential, serves as a means of aesthetically comprehending life, and reflects the diversity of life phenomena, contributing to the artistic understanding of the world. Musical activity is distinguished by its unique characteristics and presupposes the presence of a number of qualities necessary for its realization: innate musical inclinations, emotional sensitivity and receptivity, a well-developed psychomotor domain, musical abilities, and so on. This article emphasizes the importance of musical hearing, the development of which is achieved through abilities.