1. The importance of music education Understanding the importance of music education is the prerequisite for understanding the reform of music education. The comprehensive implementation of quality education is an overall task of the basic education front, and music education is the main content and way of implementing aesthetic education in schools. It plays an irreplaceable role in improving people's quality that other disciplines cannot replace. Modern education concepts believe that education without aesthetic education is not a complete education. The music syllabus clearly states: "Aesthetic education is an important part of the comprehensive development of education policy, and music education is one of the important means to implement aesthetic education. It is important for building socialist spiritual civilization and cultivating people with ideals, morality, culture, and discipline. Socialist citizens play an important role. "The "Decision on Deepening Educational Reform and Comprehensively Promoting Quality Education" promulgated by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council officially included aesthetic education in the education policy, thus clarifying the status of aesthetic education in school education. As one of the important contents of aesthetic education, music education has unique effectiveness in developing people's thinking abilities such as perception, attention, memory, association, imagination, and innovation.
The essence of music education is people’s spiritual civilization education. It seems to be people’s micro-teaching and something in people’s emotional world, but it contributes to people’s macro-level achievements and growth, and to the comprehensive development of people’s body and mind. Development plays a subtle role. Music education can promote people's intellectual development. It is a scientific conclusion drawn by people in the long-term practice process and is an effective way to improve non-intellectual factors. Music is an emotional art, and the distinctive musical image vividly reflects and affects people's thoughts and feelings. Music education enriches people's emotions through the cultivation and regulation of emotions, and cultivates desires, feelings, impulses and emotions into complete and sound psychological qualities; numerous musical masterpieces inspire people with truth, goodness and beauty; practice needs in music Long-term and unremitting efforts can cultivate diligence, tenacious will and perseverance; chorus and ensemble in music education can cultivate students' cooperative spirit.
2. Use innovation and teacher love to stimulate students’ interest in learning
Interest is a psychological characteristic with tendencies. When a person is interested in something, , you will explore actively, actively and persistently. Therefore, in the process of music teaching, teachers should first stimulate the strong desire to explore deep in the students' hearts. "Be close to the teacher and believe in the teaching." Generally speaking, students often like the subject taught by a certain teacher because they like the teacher. If every teacher has this charm, then the students' learning will be better. Be happy and joyful. So where does this charm come from? The author believes that teachers must respect and care for every student, be good at discovering students' progress, and be good at using kind eyes, subtle movements, affable attitudes, warm praises, etc. to shorten the teacher's time. To bridge the gap between students' minds and cultivate students' self-confidence. Then the students will love and respect the teacher and fall in love with the course you teach. If students have no feelings for a certain teacher and the teacher-student relationship is not harmonious, they will not be interested in the subject, and then the students' interest in the subject will be suppressed.
In addition, teachers must have rich knowledge and sophisticated teaching art to attract students, satisfy students' moral requirements and spiritual needs, and make them have a strong interest in learning materials, appreciate, taste, and Think and get enlightenment from all aspects. Teachers must also love the subjects they teach, dig deep into the teaching materials and study the psychological development of students, and teach in the most concise and contagious language, so that the content taught becomes the center of interest for teachers and students, thereby effectively improving students' Interest in learning. With strong interest, students' spirit will be rich and their thinking will be flexible, changeable and fluent.
3. Methods of music education
Music classroom teaching is a process in which teachers and students jointly complete the training and mastering of knowledge and skills. In this teaching process, in addition to imparting In addition to knowledge and skills, it also embodies the awareness education of artistic beauty, which is commonly referred to as aesthetic education. This kind of aesthetic education runs through the entire music teaching process and plays a decisive role in enhancing the effect of music teaching, cultivating students' all-round development, and guiding students to understand music and express emotions from the depths of their souls.
1. Lead students to experience the beauty of structure
Classroom teaching with perfect structure and reasonable layout can not only bring students the fun and enjoyment of seeking knowledge, but also have a huge impact on the teaching itself. and edification.
A good beginning is half the battle, and teachers should design a distinctive beginning based on the content they teach. For example, in the lesson of appreciating the national instrumental music "The Day of Turning Over", the song "Fan Shen Dao Qing" is first sung. The visual and auditory impact will firmly grab the attention of the students, lead them into a beautiful realm, and inspire them. their interest and enthusiasm for learning. In addition, the ending is also very important. It should not be anticlimactic and should leave room for students to think and imagine.
2. Lead students to experience the beauty of the atmosphere
Atmosphere refers to the special atmosphere or sentiment surrounding a specific occasion. Creating a beautiful classroom atmosphere has a certain relationship with teachers' own artistic accomplishment, educational theory level, knowledge structure ability, and even speech and behavior. First of all, if teachers want to actively control the classroom and stimulate students to actively think and discuss in class, they must prepare lessons carefully. In teaching, we often encounter such situations: students suddenly raise questions that the teacher did not expect. At this time, if the teacher has broad knowledge and adequate lesson preparation, and can answer students' questions satisfactorily, then students will be psychologically satisfied and the classroom atmosphere will become enthusiastic. For example, when appreciating the ancient song "Spring River Flowers with Moonlight Night", first write Zhang Ruoxu's poem "Spring River Flowers with Moonlight Night" on the right end of the blackboard, hang an ink painting "River Moon Picture" on the left end, and then play the folk music ensemble "Spring River Flowers" on the tape recorder. "Moonlight Night" enables them to quickly enter the world of art appreciation in a comprehensive environment full of poetry and painting, and absorb the nutrients of art.
3. Lead students to experience the beauty of language
Teaching language is a medium for transmitting knowledge and exchanging information, and plays a direct role in communicating teaching and learning. Paying attention to the beauty of language in teaching is an important part of aesthetic education in music classroom teaching. Language is the first element of communication between teachers and students. Rhymed intonations and beautiful and smooth language expressions can often arouse students' love and positive emotional reactions, and can also easily stimulate students' imagination and curiosity. The beauty of classroom teaching language has the magic power to control and guide students' learning. Therefore, if music education wants to achieve the expected goals in its classroom teaching activities, it must pay attention to the beauty of language.