Because the non-semantic organizational structure of sound wave vibration in music directly corresponds to human emotions and volitional activities, the expression of will in music plays a role in organizing and coordinating the volitional behavior of social members. Music The emotional expressions in music bear the function of conveying and exchanging the emotional experiences of social members, so that music can often play a practical role in some specific practical activities or specific social interaction situations. The underlying material basis for the reason why music can affect human beings' physiological and psychological states is that the stimulation of sound waves to the auditory organs will cause physiological reactions in the human body (such as changes in breathing, pulse, blood components, endocrine, and brain waves) and Actions, emotional reactions; on this basis, the music organized according to a certain structure corresponds to the scenes of social life, the characteristics of national psychology, the emergence of class consciousness, etc. in its overall shape and style, so such reactions can be Introduce the track of volitional behavior and social emotions, and finally introduce the categories of personality and sentiment. Therefore, the human rationality evoked by music does not stay at the symbolic, abstract, and spiritual level (such as the conceptual system in the field of knowledge, the laws and regulations in the field of morality), but has been implemented to mobilize a whole set of physiological activities. At the practical, material level, it is a kind of practical rationality full of passionate passion. The music and dance used by primitive clans for totem sacrifices and celebrations to avert disasters have this kind of organizational communication function; in the early stages of social development, various songs that penetrated every corner of social life have this kind of practical function. In the long handicraft era, various labor chants coordinated collective labor movements with their own unique rhythm, tone, and syntax, and played a role in eliminating fatigue and inspiring will. Marches and military songs have well-known functions of unifying the pace and boosting morale; in ancient China, there is a story about "Liang Hongyu playing drums to aid the battle". Various types of lyrical songs express and communicate emotions through music, so that the thoughts and feelings of social members resonate with each other and reach consensus. Various solemn carols, hymns and ceremonial music express the common celebrations, praises, wishes and longings of members of society; the mourning music and mourning songs at funerals express the common grief and sorrow.

The aesthetic education function of music has the most profound impact on society. Because music can condense the hardened and highly developed social rationality into an obviously intuitive, flexible and colorful perceptual form, it not only improves the ability of aesthetic perception but also educates people, not only giving a strong promotion to intellectual development (improving association) , fantasy and creative imagination ability, improve the intelligence of abstract thinking, smart reasoning, improve the memory and feedback ability of external information), and cultivate various non-intellectual factors (such as self-control, perseverance, carefulness, concentration, moderation), As well as the shaping of various good qualities in character and sentiment, they all have far-reaching and lasting effects. "Music", which was formed during the primitive commune period and was later preserved in the education programs of slave owners' children, is an ancient and simple form in which music exerts its aesthetic education function; it is the soil for the emergence of ancient music education ideas, and it was found in ancient Greece, Plato and ancient times. This element is included in the political ideals of Chinese Confucianism. In Europe, since the Enlightenment thinker Rousseau proposed aesthetic education, aesthetic education factors in education have developed more extensively. Modern Chinese educator Cai Yuanpei and musicologist Wang Guangqi also proposed aesthetic education and music education. In contemporary life, the performance and dissemination of noble music are aesthetic education activities in the form of social education, which can have a moral and ethical edification and enlightenment effect on social members; if these performances and dissemination are not regulated in accordance with healthy aesthetic ideals , music will have a negative effect on shaping the behavior of social members. Depressed, crude, and ugly music can only lead to poverty, inferiority, and even chaos in social spiritual life.

Music can also provide educated entertainment, cultured rest, and accumulate spiritual literacy and vitality through relaxing aesthetic enjoyment. From the collective singing and dancing of primitive clans, to the later children's singing and dancing, to the existing collective singing and dancing of various ethnic groups, the singing and dancing programs performed at mass gatherings all play this function.

Is it possible to deny the specific ideological connotation of "A Dream of Red Mansions" just because readers have different feelings? Is it because "Taoists see pornography" that "A Dream of Red Mansions" can be classified as a pornographic work? Since ancient times, people have used music as a means of communicating thoughts and feelings. If music cannot express anything, then wouldn’t all the progressive musicians in history who created with a sacred mission have become vain efforts and self-deceptions? This is how commentators view this type of author. Because Beethoven advocated using music to ignite the spark of the human spirit, he was ridiculed as "backfiring", and others were even quoted as saying that he was "duplicitous".

As for the nature of music and the special laws of music, people should be encouraged to open their minds, express their opinions, explore boldly, and argue boldly. As for whether musicians should have a sense of social responsibility and whether they should "inspire people with their excellent works", they must have a minimum political awareness. Because the latter not only involves ideological and cognitive issues, but also involves professional ethics issues. If composers do not have a basic sense of social responsibility, and if society does not ask whether music is sublime or vulgar, beneficial or harmful, then what will our musical life look like? "Book of Rites and Music" says: "Music is the flower of virtue." Beethoven said: "Music should spark the human spirit." These are wise sayings, and we should carry them forward.