The article considers questions of ethnomusicology and anthropology of music in the context of the work of the American anthropologist Alan Merriam devoted to definition of the place of Cold/Hot Compress ethnomusicology in space of judgment of theoretical, methodological and practical problems of a research in music anthropology are considered.The behavior of the person is considered as a music source, and this process is defined as continuous.Distinction of the subject field of a research within social and humanitarian approaches in the field of studying of music as sociocultural phenomenon is noted.
Special attention is paid to a problem of identification of functions of Mini Breastplate music in the context of social behavior of the person, and such functions as are considered: emotional expression, communications, esthetic pleasure, symbolical representation, instruction of compliance to social norms, confirmation of relevance of social institutes and religious rituals, contribution to continuity and stability of culture.