This research serves to help us understand both usages and diffculties of instructional strategies on music appreciation in Arts and Humanities Learning Area for primary music teachers. Four hundred and eighty four surveys were sent out to music teachers employed at stage two or three Arts and Humanities Learning Area in Kaohsiung in 2006, and we received three hundred and twenty fve valid results (85.08%). Using the SPSS 12.0 for Windows software to conduct descriptive statistics, independent-Samples T-Test, dependent Samples T-Test, one-way ANOVA, and Scheffe method on the collected results, the following conclusions were made: 1. About the applications of instructional strategies on music appreciation for primary music teachers in Kaohsiung ,Evaluation on teaching in music appreciation is executed the best. The degree of execution on Usages of teaching methods in music appreciation, Usages of teaching environments in music appreciation, and Selection of teaching materials for music appreciation are the secondary. The degree of execution on Using resources in music appreciation faces the most diffcult. 2. About the applications of instructional strategies on music appreciation for primary music teachers in Kaohsiung, the degree of execution on Evaluation on teaching in music appreciation is the highest, and the degree of execution on Using resources in music appreciation faces the most diffcult. 3. For primary music teachers in Kaohsiung, the degree of execution in music appreciation instructional strategies goes beyond the degree of difficulty. On the contrary, the degree of diffculty on Using teaching resources in music appreciation surpasses the degree of execution on it. Finally, according to the results, this research will provide suggestions for primary music teachers and education administrations separately.