This article analyzes the role of national values in the process of forming musical culture in secondary schools. It reveals the educational potential of folk oral art, traditional instrumental art and national songs in educating students' aesthetic taste, forming a spirit of respect for our national musical heritage and guiding the younger generation to understand national identity. It also highlights the mechanisms for increasing students' musical literacy, strengthening their cultural identity and developing patriotism and spiritual and moral qualities among them by instilling nationality in the process of music education at school.  

Musical culture, aesthetic education, folk oral art

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