The impact of Western music education on my country’s modern music education is as follows:

Education plays an important role in the development of a country? Is a country’s science and technology developed? Is its national strength strong? Closely related to education. As an emerging discipline that is emerging and taking shape, music education plays an increasingly prominent role in quality education. Can we say that education without art is an incomplete education? Education without basic art knowledge and skills can never be a real education. ?

Since the beginning of the 20th century, the formation and dissemination of several famous foreign music education ideas have had a significant impact on world music education. These educational ideas include Hungary’s Kodály teaching method, Japan’s Suzuki teaching method, and the American comprehensive music sense teaching method, etc.

The emergence and dissemination of these music education systems and educational ideas have promoted the development of school music education theory and practice, presenting a diversification of music education content and forms. Studying and researching foreign music education systems and advanced music education ideas is of great significance to the development of music education in our country.

First, several types of advanced music education ideas in Western countries in the 20th century?

Hungarian Kodály’s music education ideas Kodály is a famous Hungarian music educator? Known for his The named "Kodaly Teaching Method" is one of the most influential music education systems in the contemporary world. His thoughts on music education mainly involve the following aspects:

1. Music education and the all-round development of people Kodaly believes: "Music is an indispensable part of human culture. For a person who lacks music, his culture is incomplete. People without music are incomplete people." "Music is spiritual food that cannot be replaced by other things. People who cannot get it can only live in spiritual anemia. Without music, there is no sound spiritual life? Only music can shine in the soul."

2. Music education must pay attention to music education in kindergartens and lower grades of primary schools from an early stage? Emphasize the subtle role of music enlightenment education. He believes: "If the hearing has not received regular training starting from the age of 6 (or even earlier? through games), it is impossible for him to understand music. Good appreciation cannot be acquired genetically, but requires careful attention. Cultivation. Understand that good music education should start as early as possible in school. Only absorbing good art can bring about mental health. If children can develop their appreciation of art at an early age, they will be able to resist bad things. . Cultivating good artistic taste and appreciation is an important task of school music education. ”

3. Music education and national spirit cultivation take patriotism as the main clue. Kodaly systematically used pentatonic music, mainly Hungarian folk songs, as teaching materials in ordinary school music teaching to provide students with vivid and concrete patriotism education, so that children could be familiar with and love their own national music from an early age. He believes that music is not only a means to develop the human soul and spirit, but also an education to develop the Hungarian national character. This cannot be replaced by any other course.

2. Suzuki’s music education ideas in Japan. Japanese music educator and violinist Suzuki Jinichi carried out “talent education activities” in Japan, and more than 200,000 people have received his talent education.

They have been practicing playing the famous works of Bach and Mozart on the violin since they were 3 to 4 years old, and have achieved remarkable results. Now many of them have become world-class violinists, all over the world. His educational thoughts have the following aspects: attaching importance to the role of music in enlightening the soul, with the purpose of cultivating and shaping people.

He emphasized that the main purpose of his teaching method was not to cultivate musicians, but to make students become spiritually beautiful people. ? Regarding the issue of ability, Suzuki believes that ability is not inherent in nature and that any child can be cultivated to become a highly talented person. He believes that the so-called ability is innate and the quality of ability is innate is wrong.

He emphasized the decisive role of acquired environmental stimulation in ability development. ? Developing intelligence through music education? Promoting achievements in other areas? This can also be said to be Suzuki's original creation. He believes that if children develop their musical abilities to the highest level, they will be good in other areas as well.

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When should education begin? Suzuki emphasized that early education should begin as soon as a child is born. Early learning is the first condition for developing children’s special talents. If correct education is provided after the child is born, then the future will be better. The development is immeasurable. ?

In terms of some principles of teaching, Suzuki’s thoughts are: Choose better teachers? Educate and guide children with greater love and patience; Pay attention to listening training? Enrich students’ hearing to improve their performances. , appreciation, and judgment level; pay attention to inspiring students' interest in learning music so that they can learn "naturally" in a happy mood; practice more and strive for perfection to finally reach perfection. ?

Suzuki Teaching’s successful method of using group teaching to teach violin? Its influence and application are not only in violin teaching? Many countries apply this teaching method to piano teaching and other instrumental music teaching. middle. What is important is to understand his guiding ideology of teaching? Cultivate in accordance with the "Law of Ability" and firmly believe that every child can be educated to become a promising person.

Create a good early education environment, develop students' abilities and moral character through music, and adapt them to the life of the 21st century. His teaching method starts from the future of children and the future of the world. Its educational significance is far-reaching and worth learning from. ?

3. American Music Education Thoughts?

The overall goal of American music education is to build a vibrant music culture and cultivate a generation of audiences who can appreciate music. This goal is to create a society that can promote the progress and prosperity of music art through music education for every student.

In the development process of music culture in the entire society, music education has become a key driving force for the healthy operation of the music industry. Comprehensive Musicianship is a music education thought and principle originated in the United States. At its core: all aspects of music learning should be interconnected and integrated into a whole.

Music education should enable students at different teaching levels and degrees to establish connections between musical concepts by integrating various music material resources and through singing, performance, analysis, creation, etc. and promote the development of their musical knowledge and skills.