Music makes us enriched, happy and relaxed. Music has its unique functions, that is, it regulates people's mood, cultivates people's sentiments, tempers people's will, cultivates people's personality, and on this basis forms the correct outlook on life, values ??and aesthetics. Music is one of the important means of aesthetic education. The essence of music education is aesthetic education. It is a project that shapes people and has the function of integrating personality.

1. Strengthen the education of musical literacy

The so-called musical literacy, including musical quality and musical accomplishment, is not simply about having basic and most general music knowledge and practical ability, but also It is necessary to have a high cognitive ability and aesthetic ability for music, and improving music literacy can enhance students' comprehensive quality and deeper understanding of external things.

First of all, art occupies an important position in aesthetic education. As a kind of art, music also has its special position. Music is the art of sound and plays a very important role in people's lives. Good music can purify the soul, beautify sentiments, and promote people's health and progress. What kind of music you listen to and what kind of emotional songs you sing not only have an impact on a person's emotional infection and temperament, but also have an important and subtle effect on the spirit and fashion of the entire society. "March of the Volunteers" originated during extraordinary times. positive role and influence. Confucius, the great educator in ancient my country, was the earliest and most influential music educator. Among the "six arts" (ritual, music, archery, imperialism, calligraphy, and mathematics) that Confucius trained his disciples, "music" ranked second. In his educational philosophy, morality and music complement each other. "To govern the people in peace, one must not be good at etiquette; to change customs, one must not be good at music." Among them, "music" means to achieve harmony. He advocated the use of music to improve moral character. The ancient Greek philosopher Plato emphasized the purifying effect of music on people's thoughts. He said: "Music education is much more important than other education." He believes that in addition to focusing on moral and social purpose education, music education is also responsible for educating people into beautiful and perfect people.

Secondly, pay attention to improving creative thinking in music. The process of creating music is the process of experiencing the beauty of music. Music is an art of emotion. Through music activities, people can improve their self-cultivation, correct their conduct, and become a noble person. At the same time, if they want to express their emotions in music, they must use a method. An important way of expression is singing (playing), but music creation often exists at the same time as singing (playing). It can be said that singing (playing) is a direct expression of musical emotions, and musical works are an important carrier of musical emotions. Music education has a unique function in developing students' creative abilities. So, how to cultivate students' creative thinking in music classes? I think it should be based on a certain accumulation of knowledge, creative problem solving, and generation of new thinking activities. Creative thinking in music often makes people easily connected with music creation. Of course, the most outstanding expression of creative thinking in music is music creation. However, in the process of music teaching, we cannot train professional composers. Instead, we should inspire students' creative consciousness and develop students' creativity through creative thinking activities in music. Thinking ability, discover students’ intelligence and talents, and cultivate creative thinkers.

Cultivating students' musical creative abilities can start with creative music learning activities. In music teaching, music creation activities can be said to be one of the most concrete and effective methods of experience and learning. When students learn music, they not only need to learn and experience other people's works, but also need to cultivate their use of the basic elements of music. To fully express their own musical thoughts, this is one of the purposes of music teaching. Music creation is a very meaningful activity for learning. In this activity, students gain experience in the music creation process by specifically operating the basic elements of music. We say that musical creativity is an important topic in developing people's creative thinking and abilities. It will run through the entire music teaching process. It is based on students' existing experience of the basic elements of music, allowing students to experience and experience the music creation process. The production process of music is actually a creative process, which we call three-dimensional creation: composition, performance and appreciation. I believe that performance and appreciation are also a kind of creation. At the earliest, performance and creation were integrated into one. Therefore, the process of creating music is a process of experiencing the beauty of music. It is conducive to understanding one's own progress and promoting the perception, expression and creation of music. Making full use of the unique charm of music in music teaching, activating students' desire for expression and creative impulse, developing students' imagination and creative potential, undoubtedly provides a good way for students to improve their personality.

Thirdly, how to perform music plays an important role in music education. Music performance is a highly practical activity and an important way to cultivate students' music performance and aesthetic abilities. The so-called "expression": "cultivate students' confident singing, playing abilities and comprehensive artistic performance abilities, develop students' performance potential and creative potential, so that students can express personal emotions in the form of music and communicate with others and harmonize feelings. Music practice activities enable students to enjoy the pleasure of beauty and be influenced by emotions." At the same time, performing music can cultivate students' self-confidence, and self-confidence is an affirmation of oneself, a positive attitude, and a display of students' good personality.

1. Strengthen the teaching of music theory

It is better to teach people to fish than to teach them how to fish.

If you want to do anything or any job well, you must combine theory and practice. Theory divorced from practice will not work; however, if classroom teaching work is not guided by correct theory, understanding will stagnate and work will be passive or blind.

Theory is a key to guide practice. Mastering theoretical knowledge is conducive to accurately grasping things. The cognition of things must be understood and learned from the essence, so as to improve to a higher level. To learn music well, music theory is the key to opening the door to music. This is why students should pay attention to and require students to learn music theory knowledge well. In teaching, the study of music theory knowledge is often ignored, which is a fatal shortcoming in music teaching. Therefore, to allow students to understand and learn music in a deeper sense, music theory teaching bears the brunt.

If students’ understanding of music is limited to singing, dancing, and playing music in daily life