The general trend of the development of music teaching methods makes modern music teaching methods gradually replace traditional teaching methods. (1) directionality, the essential feature of teaching method, is the directionality of content. Any teaching method always takes a clear teaching goal as the premise and serves a certain teaching goal. (2) Coupling. Music teaching method is a combination of music teaching method and musicology method. (3) Diversity. In the teaching process, teaching method is flexible and diverse. The reform or optimization of music teaching method does not depend on which methods are adopted. (4) The popularization and use of modern teaching methods have greatly changed.