The West is the geographical name for the West in the China Empire, mainly referring to Europe, and now it also includes America (mainly North America). Music is the extension of culture and the crystallization form of the essence bred by culture. Western music is western music, but due to the cultural characteristics of different western cultural periods, western music also has corresponding characteristics.

The sound produced by the regular vibration of an object is called music. An art of expressing people's thoughts and feelings and reflecting real life through organized music is music (English name: music; French name: Musique). Divided into vocal music and instrumental music. Music in a broad sense should be the extension of culture and the crystallization form of the essence bred by culture. In all art types, music is comparatively the most abstract art. Western classical music is theoretical and standardized, with a large number of text and audio documents, which are easy to spread; It emphasizes aesthetics and functionality, so it is more objective.

Western musical instruments mainly refer to orchestral, stringed and keyboard instruments that have been stereotyped in European countries since18th century. Commonly used western musical instruments include woodwind instruments, brass instruments, stringed instruments, keyboard instruments and percussion instruments.

Woodwind instruments include flute, piccolo, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and saxophone. Brass instruments include

French horn, trumpet, (cornet), trombone, (tenor), (bassoon) and tuba. String instruments include violin, viola, cello and double bass. Keyboard instruments include piano, organ, accordion, electronic piano and electric piano. Percussion instruments include timpani, drum, snare drum, cymbals, drum set, triangle, sand hammer, Zhong Qin, xylophone, chime, etc.