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A brief discussion on the importance of offering music appreciation classes for tourism management majors

Abstract: With the rapid development of modern tourism and the continuous development of higher education, society has put forward higher demands for talents. College student education in the new century pays more attention to comprehensive development and quality education, comprehensive and innovative and applied Talents will become an important goal for colleges and universities to cultivate talents. The music appreciation course offered by the tourism management major will help improve students' comprehensive cultural quality, promote individual physical and mental development, inspire students to innovative thinking, improve aesthetic ability, and also contribute to the innovation and improvement of subject teaching.

Keywords: tourism management; music appreciation courses; necessity

Contemporary university quality education is different from the narrow, one-sided and over-utilitarian professional education in the past. It is more Focusing on the comprehensive, harmonious and sustainable development of the educated, it is a type of education that aims to strengthen professional quality education and take overall consideration of existing professional training objectives, training specifications, curriculum and teaching plans. The tourism management major in colleges and universities is a comprehensive, applied and practical major. In terms of talent training, we should not only focus on the cultivation of students' "talents", that is, professional knowledge and skills, but also first emphasize the cultivation of "people" , that is, human character, cultivation and connotation. Appreciating music in the tourism management professional course is conducive to improving the aesthetic ability of talents. The introduction of music courses further increases the comprehensive artistic ability of college students combined with tourism knowledge.

1. Information on Music Appreciation Courses

According to the summary of the "Guidance Plan for Public Art Courses in General Colleges and Universities across the Country" by the General Office of the Ministry of Education: General colleges and universities across the country have included public courses. *Art courses are applied to undergraduate teaching courses in various majors, and various technical secondary schools and higher vocational colleges are also following suit. In all course teaching, 1 to 2 art-limited elective courses need to be selected and passed the assessment; or students must obtain at least 2 credits or more. Only students who have completed the required credits can graduate. Musical art is a multifunctional subject. It is an education that affects emotions, spirit, morality and soul. It is the key to opening the door to natural sciences, social sciences and various fields. In order to cultivate high-quality talents for modern international construction, music appreciation restricted elective courses have an undeniable role in improving college students' comprehensive aesthetics, practical and innovative abilities and creating multi-faceted all-round talents. The music appreciation course offered by the tourism management major in colleges and universities focuses on aesthetics. In the course teaching practice, students learn basic music art theory, appreciate famous domestic and foreign music and art works, exchange experiences on art works, and hold art exhibitions, Music programs and other artistic activities cultivate students’ correct aesthetic thoughts, innovative thinking, and artistic cultivation.

2. The necessity of setting up music appreciation courses for tourism majors

Throughout the ages, many scholars at home and abroad have made many refined discussions on the educational role of music. Plato advocated: "For the body, use sports, and for the soul, use music." Confucius emphasized, "If you change customs, don't be good at music." It can be seen that music has a unique role in cultivating people's inner qualities. With the rapid development of the tourism industry, the demand for talent quality is also constantly increasing. It requires professional talents with a solid foundation, mastery of professional knowledge and operational skills, and also requires both ability and political integrity, excellent quality, strong adaptability, moral cultivation, personality cultivation, cultural accomplishment and Artistic cultivation can reach a certain level, and it can be internalized into one's own behavior in personal speech and behavior, and truly achieve harmony and beauty. Art education is an important part of quality education. Setting up music appreciation courses in tourism management majors in colleges and universities is an indispensable method and approach to cater to the overall quality education.

(1) Music culture and tourism are closely related. Music culture and tourism are inextricably linked. Music occupies an extremely important position in many cultural landscapes. Whether it is used as a tourist attraction or as an additional tourist product, music can give the tourist landscape a unique aesthetic connotation and a different cultural charm, and can also bring endless fun and unique experience to tourists. In today's highly developed informatization world, music cultural resources have become a cultural carrier for many scenic spots to expand their popularity.

The traditional music culture of various ethnic groups in my country is one of the important tourist attractions that attract tourists from all over the world to come and experience it. For example, my country's Kun Opera, Guqin art, Mongolian folk songs with long tunes, Guizhou Dong songs, Guangdong Cantonese opera, Xi'an drum music and Peking Opera and other operas have been included in the UNESCO's World Intangible Cultural Heritage List, and are increasingly known to the world along with tourism, leaving their hometown and traveling to the world.

(2) Enrich students’ artistic and humanistic knowledge. Rich and interesting courses can enable students to absorb more different knowledge in various aspects and fill their own shortcomings; the teaching of music appreciation courses can tell the backgrounds and stories of the production of different music and musical instruments in different countries, and these all contain With rich humanistic knowledge. As one of the important carriers of human cultural inheritance, music is a precious cultural heritage and crystallization of wisdom in the process of human development. In the teaching of music appreciation courses, teachers can appropriately add knowledge from different perspectives, such as the differences between music produced by different cultures produced in different periods; how to distinguish music in peace and war years, in modern times and modern times, in my country and foreign countries, etc. Cultural characteristics, so that students can understand the differences between Eastern and Western music cultures.

(3) Improve artistic accomplishment and cultivate noble sentiments. Music is an emotional art and an aesthetic subject. Good music is the soul of the soul and a high sublimation of human emotions. Musical art contains rich national culture and artistic accomplishment, and also embodies the artist's thoughts, attitudes and value orientations. When we appreciate artistic works, it will inevitably affect the national culture, and through the artist's outlook on life, world view, values, etc. Influenced by the influence, one is enamored with the beauty of the artistic conception depicted in the works of art, with aesthetic intoxication and emotional sublimation. The thoughts also get some inspiration, and noble moral sentiments and civilized habits will naturally develop.

(4) Initiate students’ innovative thinking and improve their aesthetic ability. Mr. Ye Lang, a famous Chinese scholar, believes: "Tourism is an aesthetic activity. Without aesthetics, there is no tourism. Tourism involves aesthetics and forms in all fields, and tourism activities are aesthetic activities." No matter what kind of tourism, it is Seek the enjoyment of beauty in constant travel activities to delight the body and mind, cultivate sentiments, and add joy to life. Following the pace of social development and the improvement of people's spiritual life, the appreciation of music is becoming more and more urgent. Although music appreciation courses for tourism major students cannot use overly professional music and art teaching methods to develop students' musical cultural literacy, it can also cultivate students' innovative thinking through appropriate contact and guidance. The famous educationist Suhomlinsky once said: "The perception and understanding of beauty is the core of aesthetic education and the key point of aesthetics." Music is the interpretation of all things in the form of notes. People experience music aesthetics The students will be greatly mobilized, exercised and improved. Specifically, music aesthetic ability includes the ability to feel beauty, comprehend beauty, create beauty and appreciate beauty. Through music education, students' aesthetic ability can be improved.

3. Summary

Music can be offered in various colleges and universities as a unique educational course. Setting up music appreciation courses among college tourism management students can promote students’ physical and mental freedom. , perfect and harmoniously develop in an all-round way, improve their music appreciation ability, enhance their aesthetic ability, cultivate a positive and distinctive outstanding personality, until they perfect their personality. Therefore, we should pay attention to the opening of music appreciation courses to create an emotion suitable for creative thinking, guide students to have more contact with art, understand art, improve aesthetics, language arts, etc., and then activate their potential creative spirituality through artistic aesthetic activities to achieve music Aesthetic height.

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