Influenced by the Art Education Movement, the practitioners of Singing in elementary schools from the Taisho era to the early Showa era had constructed teaching methods on basic skill training both theoretically and systematically. On the other hand, influenced by the New Education Movement, they also tried to improve their methods to get children's interest. However, Singing didn't change to child-centered education and still chained with essentialism. Because they gave priority to teach the contents based on essentialism to get social acceptance.