At present, when teaching at various educational levels, a lot of attention is paid to the need for the formation of creative thinking in teaching. Creative thinking is necessary for a modern person in order to be successful in professional activities, especially for those professions that are associated with creativity. Over the past 25 years, music educators have witnessed an increased focus on student-centered approaches to teaching and learning, in which musical growth occurs through creative experiences. Our profession as music educators' interest in constructivist ideas about how learning happens is displacing the teacher as the sole bearer of official knowledge and increasing student control over musical decision making in the classroom. In connection with the foregoing, the author of this article made an attempt to scientific analysis and critical understanding of the problem of the formation of creative thinking in music lessons in a modern school.