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Our society and its technology are evolving rapidly and therefore schools are getting new tools and materials to use in their teaching. In addition to the development of technology, teaching methods are also evolving and changing. The rapid development of our society has brought to the forefront the already known ability, creativity. Creativity is an important aspect of development of new innovations and has also been said to be a revitalizing part of the national economy (Malmelin & Poutanen 2017). The purpose of this master’s thesis is to present the experiences and views of primary school teachers on the use of tablet devices in music education in general and also in terms of creative learning and creative production of music. The study was conducted as a qualitative study using thematic interviews. Six primary school teachers participated in the interviews and the interviews were conducted remotely using the ZOOM-communication service due to Covid-19. A phenomenographic research approach was chosen as the research approach, and content analysis served as a means of analysis. Previous research on creativity, creative learning, creative production of music and music technology was used as a theoretical frame of reference. For the purposes of this study, music technology referred to tablet devices and their applications. In addition, the contents of POPS (2014) regarding music teaching were highlighted in the study. The study found that students get excited and motivated to music education in a different way as they get to take advantage of tablet devices. Interviewees indicated that they use tablet devices to teach music, but there could be more use of the tablet device. Interviewees who mentioned that tablet devices could be used more could say that it is not always possible to get them for music education. In addition, the size of the classes was mentioned as a challenge. However, the use of tablets was seen by interviewees as a fruitful tool for creative learning and creative production of music.