The handbook "Theoretical and methodological foundations of music pedagogy" has been prepared for students of the master’s level of mysical specialties of the school. From the position of daily methodology, the theoretical ambushes of music pedagogy of the high school are revealed, the replacement of the main methodological approaches is explored, which forms the theoretical basis of the modern musical education of the musician, on the basis of comparative analysis, the specifics are identified, the stages of formation and development of national and foreign musical education are outlined, the nutrition of theoretical ambushes of musical didactics, integrative foundations of high musical education.