Teaching music culture in Elementary school is done in accordance with the curriculum by implementing the open method which provides the teacher autonomy when planning lesson activities along with the compulsory contents. That gives him or her the opportunity to take into consideration the students' wishes and abilities. Music education is very significant in the child's life because it gives him or her the sense of togetherness, evokes positive emotions and advances the development of creativity. Considering the way the activities, subject content and approaches of implementing music education in lower grades of elementary school affect child's aesthetic development, competencies of the teacher implementing them are also very important. This Master's Thesis paper presents a research done involving teachers teaching lower grades of elementary school in five elementary schools in the area of Nova Gradiška. The aim was to gain insight into the manner of implementing music education, methods used when working with children, preferred areas of music education and whether the teachers feel competent enough. For the purposes of this research, a descriptive research method was employed and a questionnaire was utilized as the object of the research. The results indicate that the teachers are competent enough and that they implement the open model of teaching music.