Abstract

The study focused on constructing a practice model of musicking for everyone within the context of Japanese music education. Followed by a description of the philosophy of musicking and its applications, we overviewed the process of constructing the author(s)-designed musicking practice in Japanese P-6 schools during the past five years. The participants for the study consisted of local teachers, staff members, music specialists (N=47) of a preschool, elementary schools including a school for special needs students, and a correspondence high school in Japan. Based on the teachers’ and researchers’ co-constructed narratives, the study illustrated the gradual process of designing and expanding the musicking practice in Japanese P-6 music education settings to change the approach of music education so that everyone may participate. The study highlighted the traits of the author(s)-designed musicking practice including the usage of electronic technologies and the challenges of implementing the practice in the context of Japanese music education.