The journey from musical improvisation to compositional experiments in music education at the primary school level

Univerzita Karlova Pedagogická fakulta Katedra hudební výchovy DIPLOMOVÁ PRÁCE Cesta od hudební improvizace ke kompozičním pokusům ve výuce HV na 1. stupni ZŠ Monika Kytýrová Vedoucí práce: PhDr. Petra Bělohlávková, Ph.D. Studijní program: Učitelství pro 1. stupeň 2026 ABSTRACT This thesis, "Ways from Musical Improvisation to Compositional Experiments in Teaching Practice at Primary School," deals with improvisation and early experiments of musical composition at the primary school level. The theoretical part introduces a review of academic literature and perspective on early improvisation and the beginnings of children's composition. The last part of the thesis also shows perspective of some musical programs dealing with musical improvisation of elementary school children. The practical part aims to create a portfolio of creative activities that would lead from improvisation to early composition experiments. The creative activities were applied in the 5th grade of elementary school and were aimed at developing skills in musical composition. Subsequently, the effectiveness of the activities and their influence on the development were analyzed and described in a part of the thesis. KEYWORDS Music improvisation, beginning of elementary composition, children's creativity, composition, musical activities