The book deals with problems concerning young people's musical experience and music teaching in relation to cultural conditions and transcultural processes. The young people test and evaluate the music teaching they receive on the basis of their own experience. In their world there are no sharply defined boundaries between subjects, no dissection of subjects into fragments. Music for them is linked with the person and the interaction with the world around.The young people move in both a local and a global world and there is an interplay and relation between the cultural manifestations deriving from these two worlds. The particular and universal forces are linked with both the concrete and fictitious worlds. Against the background of these centres of force we can see how the individual's attitude and preferences in respect of time and space can be described in terms of three types of "space": individual, internal and imaginary. In the case of individual space the world around is excluded. No one outside is given the chance to intrude. Here you can screen yourself off from the world around, or keep this world at a distance. Your own experience and your own choices can emerge in their full force. There is the chance on the one hand to reflect on and interpret reality, on the other hand to acquire a distance from it. Internal space is a question of listening with friends. The music unites, contributes to the mood and facilitates communication. Often the door is shut on the world around, both literally and metaphorically. Through a symbolic distancing vis-à-vis this world, a lack of engagement is indicated with regard to other people, in certain cases even a front against them - especially adults. Imaginary space is a style-oriented sphere of community. Style, appearance, activity, attitude and music are the unifying factors and function as a signal to the world around. Being at the heart of the area is an indication of belonging, acceptance or participation. Value, role and "spaces" are central factors when the young people describe their relation to music.