“In our time, it is hard to escape music and song as it occupies ever more of
the world around us: in operating theatres, restaurants and cafés, shopping malls
(muzak), at sports events, in our cars, and literally everywhere. It would seem that
the only place music and song is slow to catch on is in schools” (T. Murphey, p. 4).
And it is exactly schools, that could use the best and the most the immense
potential a song disposes. “Songs have a place in the classroom for helping create
that friendly and co-operative atmosphere so important for language learning, but
they can offer much more”, claims D. T. Griffee, and I will try to complete his idea
by giving other instances of the importance songs have.