A method and an apparatus for recording and evaluating a sound source are provided. The sound source evaluation method calculates a creativity index, which indicates a difference of a sound source property of test performance information with respect to a sound source property of reference performance information at a specific performing time, by comparing the test performance information, which is acquired by quantifying, according to passage of the performing time, a sound source property in a provided test sound source, with the reference performance information, which is acquired by extracting a sound source property and a sound source property having the same attribute according to passage of the performing time from a plurality of verified sound sources and then through a statistical analysis of the extracted properties.