During their education, students acquire skills and knowledge, and they lay the foundations for this already in the first grades of elementary school. Each subject enables the student to develop the child in the affective, cognitive and psychomotor areas. In the teaching of Musical Culture, by using and applying certain methods and forms of work, it is possible to include the work of all students, and various musical activities contribute to the development of musical and cognitive abilities, the development of critical thinking, and the acquisition of emotional and social skills of students. The aim of the thesis was to show the difference between traditional and contemporary teaching and to investigate their influence and importance in the context of teaching Musical Culture. Through the conducted research, the frequency of application of modern teaching and its methods in the teaching of Musical Culture was analyzed, as well as its impact on students of lower grades of elementary school. The results showed that the teachers think it is important to apply modern teaching methods and forms of work in the class, and the teachers are happy to implement them, especially in the Musical Culture class, although they think that the lack of time represents a certain problem for all teachers to implement certain work methods.