There is a certain gap between the ancient Greeks' musical concept and modern people's. For the Greeks, music is the unity of art, science and philosophy. It can be used for entertainment, and it also plays an important role in people's political, social and religious life. For example, Plato pays attention to the influence of music on behavior and how various types of music are used in civilized society in his book "The State". In Politics, Aristotle elaborated the educational function of music and pointed out its influence on the development of human personality. Quintilians, after realizing the important role of music, determined the theoretical and practical rules of music, which includes both narrow technology and broad philosophy. For another example, in ancient Greek myths and legends, Apollo and other gods were regarded as the inventors of musical instruments and the earliest practitioners of music. Therefore, based on this relationship between music and gods, the musical forms and activities of ancient Greeks were often inseparable from various religious ceremonies of worshipping gods; At the same time, the ancient Greeks endowed music with a certain "divinity" and believed that it had mysterious characteristics that affected the movement of human soul.

influenced by ideas, the ancient Greek music theory contains two aspects. One is the discussion of music technology, which involves scales and modes. The second is the discussion of the nature of music, which is closely related to philosophy, aesthetics and other disciplines. In terms of music technology, there exists the ethics of harmonious learning and integration.