Music should express the thoughts and feelings of the creator through the auditory image created by organized music, reflect the real life of society, and allow the appreciator to enjoy the beauty while also being subtly influenced. Art.

Music is usually expressed as:

1. Music is an auditory art. Music is listening, this is the essence of music.

2. The starting point for understanding music and the beauty of music is the perceptual material of music.

3. The sound of music marks its existence.

4. The study of the ontology of music is the study of perceptual materials of music, rules of form composition, and how to express content.

Different expressions of "music" include -

Expressions of "music ontology": "music culture", "music is a culture", "music as a human being" cultural behavior”. The three elements of music are behavior, concept, and form;

The expression of "sound ontology": "pure music", "music itself", and "absolute music". Music consists of three elements: rhythm, melody, and harmony.

The concept of "music ontology" regards music as "sound and its movement form". Treat the perceptual material specificity of music as the essence of music. And then think that music is self-disciplined. Think of the existence of music as the existence of the "three elements" of melody, rhythm and harmony in sound form. The limitations of the concept of "music ontology" in music experience and music education include: neglecting the multiple functions of music in various human cultural matters; emphasizing listening in aesthetic appreciation ("taking aesthetics as the core"), and insufficient training in aesthetic appreciation; The inheritance of national music culture and the establishment of multicultural values. The limitations of the concept of "music ontology" in theoretical research include: neglecting the existence of a large number of music examples of different natures in a multicultural environment and in people's social practice activities; emphasizing the analysis of music form and despising the overall cultural phenomenon of music lack of understanding of the leading value of musicology in the overall composition of music discipline construction and the improvement of discipline and educational character.

The concept of "music ontology" is a theoretical paradigm derived from philosophical thinking about the way music exists in the ontological research of music philosophy and aesthetics. It forms a pair of theoretical paradigms with "sound ontology". This is a unique theoretical paradigm arising from the background of traditional Chinese music aesthetics. The "music ontology" theoretical paradigm regards music as a form of human cultural behavior rather than a form of sound. This is the most obvious difference from Western traditional musicology - hence the name "watershed".

Theoretical framework of "Happiness Noumenon":

1. The existence of behavior. The existence of musical behavior can be roughly divided into two categories: operational behavior and participation behavior.

2. The existence of form. The existence of musical form can be divided into two different types of existence: acoustic form and materialized form.

3. The existence of consciousness (concept). Its existence is both internalized and externalized.

Since music is a type of art, its role as an art and the effects it obtains should be the same as other art forms. This aspect of content is studied by the disciplines of music appreciation, music aesthetics and music criticism. The only difference between musical art and other art forms is the materials used and the types of artworks that are composed of them. Here, how to organize sounds and how to shape auditory images are two important aspects studied in music theory. Among them, the latter is considered by the disciplines of harmony, polyphony, musical form, instrumental method and composition method. Since the content contained in the former is the basis of all other music theories, some people directly call it "Basics of Music Theory"; others call it "Basic Music Theory"; others simply call it "Basic Music Theory". It is generally accepted that "Music Theory" is used as a special term for this discipline.

Different countries and nations have different social environments and different cultural backgrounds, so they should have different music practices and different music theories.

On the surface, Chinese music also has pentatonic, seven-note and twelve rhythms, and is similar to the Western rhythms of 2/4 and 4/4, such as one-and-three-eyes and one-to-three-eyes. However, the Chinese music formed in the atmosphere of the traditional philosophical thought of the Chinese nation Music is fundamentally different from Western music. Chinese music theory follows the principle that "there is no fixed pitch for sound, no fixed beat value, and no fixed method for notation; performers (or singers - the same below) should shape the musical image according to their own understanding of music." In short, it is An open music system; while Western music theory - especially music theory - emphasizes that "pitch and tone value are the basic elements of melody and must be played according to the score. Any change in pitch or tone value will inevitably change "Musical image" is a closed music system. The two are completely different things, so they each have their own characteristics: Chinese music respects the performer's second creation because he promotes the development of music; while Western music emphasizes the labor of the original author because he is a cultural heritage an important part of. However, China's "Three Nos" do not mean that you can do whatever you want without any rules. Performers must follow certain rules and have a full understanding of the music they play. Only in this way can they ensure that the musical images they create are similar and have some differences in inheritance. developed. "Performing according to score" cannot guarantee that the musical image created will not be distorted at all due to the imperfection of notation. The fact that different performers play the same piece of music in different styles fully illustrates this point.

The open music system has played an immeasurable role in the development and prosperity of the music culture of the Chinese nation, but it makes beginners confused: those who learn national music must be in the music environment they are learning. It takes long-term cultivation to gradually master it, which limits the popularization and improvement of music art.