The article is aimed at some issues of the implementation of the ethnocultural component in the content of program in Music for 1-4 classes in primary education level of the Republic of Kazakhstan. A retrospective of author Music programs demonstrating the various approaches of Kazakhstan teachers and musicians to organizing children musical activities based on traditional musical genres, the best examples of the national folklore, works created by the multinational culture of Kazakhstan is presented. The author defines and substantiates the importance of the ethnocultural component in the content of primary education, the role of musical folklore in the cultivation of tolerant relationships in a multicultural environment and the formation of an integrated artistic worldview among younger pupils. The updated content of the Program on the subject “Music” for grades 1-4 are revealed, the study of it takes place through the learning of cross-cutting themes that permeate all subjects and include an ethnocultural component as an important element aimed at the formation and development of national consciousness, the integration of the individual into the national and world culture.