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The aim of this study was to determine the degree of the students' satisfaction with the traditional musical pieces in the elementary music textbooks, which had been included in such textbooks in accordance with the 7th revision of the school curriculum, so that the features of traditional music will be understood when needed, particularly when music textbooks are again to be revised.Four public elementary schools were chosen from among those located in Busan Metropolitan City and in the province of Kyongsangnam-do, and a survey was conducted among 254 6th-grade students from the four selected school.Analysis showed that the average score that was obtained by all the musical pieces in the elementary music textbooks in terms of cognitive-emotional capacity was 3.05, while that obtained by the traditional musical pieces was 2.57. This suggests that the students do not sing traditional musical pieces well. As for the results of preference, the average score that was obtained by all the obtained by the traditional musical pieces was 2.16. In term of usability, the average scores that were obtained by both the Western and the traditional musical pieces were low: 2.02 for all the musical pieces and 1.73 for the traditional musical pieces.Based on the aforementioned findings, the following recommendations are made:(1) Effective measures must be sought to motivate the Korean students to sing the traditional musical pieces in the elementary music textbooks not only in class but even outside of it.(2) Efforts should be made to select the proper music for the students considering that they have a wide range of background variables and preferences.(3) The traditional music must be developed and we should include the effort in the music textbooks.Much effort must be exerted to achieve true education of traditional music, study for satisfaction of students, making materials for teaching, training teachers, and popularization of traditional music.