This study discusses the absence of significant influence from music education in shaping an individual’s character. Character education itself is an education that discusses the mental and moral qualities that are unique to an individual. Ki Hajar Dewantara views music education as having the power to help Indonesian people realize a better inner and outer life, and the nature of the art of music itself is actually order and beauty. The purpose of this study is to reveal the weak influence of music education on the formation of an individual’s character. The behaviour of students and lecturers in the Department of Music Education FBS UNY was observed continuously for approximately six months. To strengthen the data, interviews were conducted face to face. The results showed that most students and lecturers who had long struggled and involved in the music field were weak in terms of discipline, social care and socializing order, and beauty. This can be seen from the behaviour of students and lecturers in carrying out daily activities, especially musical activities.

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Repertoire classes have not become a common practice in manyinformal institutions conducting guitar learning even though some formalinstitutions have done the practice. To implement repertoire classes needsappropriate time and places.Repertoire classes regularly conducted are proven to improve students’motivation to learn, decrease their nervousness and increase their selfconfidence.Besides, such classes motivate them to compete in improving theirskill and become places to socialize among them.Key words: repertoire, guitar learning and students' self confidence

This study aims to find out about (a) the use of portofolios in Percussion Music Instrument practical course, (b) to find out what can be done to improve students' ability in learning to play this instrument. This research is an action research conducted in Music education Department, Yogyakarta State University. The subjects of this research are the students of semester I and semester III who take PIM Percussion course. The data were collected through a competence test, interviews, and observation. The data analysis technique was conducted by applying the quantitative descriptive analysis method which enables the researcher to present quantitative data, and qualitative descriptive method used to describe the data from observations and interviews. The research results show that through the use of portofolios, the students' abilities to practice to play this instrument are significantly improved in terms of psychomotor, cognitive, and affective skills. This is proven with the average score gained by students of semester I, which is about 64.25 in Cycle I and 73.25 in Cycle II, and the average score gained by the students of Semester III, which is about 68 in Cycle I and 74.5 in Cycle II. PENDAHULUANJurusan Pendidikan Musik FBS UNY merupakan salah satu lembaga pendidikan formal yang menyelenggarakan berbagai mata kuliah yang berkaitan dengan musik baik teori maupun praktik. Penyelenggaraan perkuliahan tersebut dilaksanakan seperti pada umumnya yaitu bersifat klasikal (untuk setiap mata kuliah teori), dan bersifat kelompok untuk mata kuliah praktik instrumen, yang masing-masing kelompok rata-rata terdiri atas 3 -10 orang mahasiswa dengan 1 orang dosen. Bahkan untuk instrumen tertentu (seperti gitar), jumlah mahasiswa

The aim of this study is to highlighting the vocational school students' interest towards a career in music skills. The questions asked are as follows: What music careers are students interested in after graduating? Forty-five students were taken at 15% of the total population of 300, determined by a purposive sampling technique. The data were collected by giving questionnaires about music careers, and analyzed by descriptive percentage. This study found that most of the interest of Vocational School Kasihan Bantul Yogyakarta Indonesia students towards a career in music expertise is in the field of music education. This is evidenced by 64.4% (29 students) choosing specialization as music educators, both at the school level and at the university level.