Teach children with "six arts" and write 3 poems "all string songs and clouds". Xunzi said in the twentieth chapter of "On Music" that "those who are happy (music) are happy, and human feelings are inevitable, so one cannot be without music". Einstein, a scientist, said that our world can be composed of musical notes or mathematical formulas. It is of practical and theoretical significance to explore the charm of music education in the times. Music's functions of assisting morality, improving intelligence, promoting labor and keeping fit are being recognized by the educational circles. Therefore, it is a conscious and wise choice to achieve the overall goal of improving teachers' quality by means of music education, which will undoubtedly receive more ideal results.
Music activities are an important way of aesthetic education for students, so many vocational and technical schools also offer this course. Today, with deepening education reform and promoting quality education in an all-round way, the role of music education is particularly important. Music, as a kind of art, can directly and quickly reach people's brain through the senses, act on the soul and arouse the feeling of beauty. Listening to music and singing songs can not only infect emotions and cultivate temperament, but also play an important and subtle role in the whole society and fashion, especially in promoting the all-round development of teenagers.
Music appreciation is a compulsory course in senior high schools and an important way to cultivate students' musical aesthetic ability. Having good music appreciation ability is of great significance for enriching emotions, cultivating sentiment, improving cultural literacy, improving physical and mental health and forming a perfect personality. Music appreciation is mainly to cultivate students' musical aesthetic ability and ability of evaluation and judgment through listening to and feeling music and learning music history and culture, which is the main channel to improve students' musical cultural literacy.
In teaching, it is often the case that after a piece of music is played, students unanimously report that the music is beautiful. As for where beauty is and why it is beautiful, few people know it. This shows that students' music appreciation level only stays at the level of sensory appreciation, and has not yet risen to an emotional and rational appreciation stage. So, how to improve students' music appreciation level?
First of all, teachers should be good at guiding students to listen to music. "Music is an art of hearing. Without hearing, music will lose its value of existence to a great extent. " Therefore, as music teachers, we should guide students to actively participate in the auditory experience, develop their musical auditory ability, and learn how to "listen" creatively. The creative "listening" excavates the connotation of music works from multiple levels and angles, so that students can not only listen, but also listen creatively: "listen" to the emotions of music works. For example, after enjoying the first movement of Mozart's "Fortieth Symphony", we all feel that the works are beautiful in melody, rich in emotion and lively and optimistic. After inspiration, guidance and repeated appreciation, the students heard that music included not only joy, but also pain and confusion. On this basis, introduce the author, the background of his works and the style of his works to students appropriately. This helps students to understand the thoughts and feelings expressed in the works more accurately. I also make an in-depth analysis from the connotation and expression techniques of music, pointing out that the downward tone of the scale in the works shows sad feelings, and then pointing out that in Mozart's music, people can't hear the knocking of fate, nor can they see the brand of life suffering, because he ignores the bitterness of life and keeps his works peaceful and gentle forever with an optimistic attitude, so as not to let tears wet it. Through teaching, students not only realized the beauty of music, but also realized the artistic charm of Mozart's "Laughter with Tears". It not only broadens the thinking, but also improves the aesthetic taste. Of course, teachers must have a deep understanding of the works and carefully grasp the author's thoughts and feelings before teaching, so as to better arouse emotional * * * with students.
Secondly, students should be guided purposefully to appreciate the various elements of music in their works. For example, Ode to the Ancestor, which is different from other works, is characterized by the use of numerous beats, rich rhythm, mode contrast and harmony texture to express feelings for the great motherland. Therefore, through the appreciation of this piece of music, students can understand the expressive significance of rhythm, mode and harmony texture in music works, which plays a multi-purpose role. Another example is cappella's song "Half Moon Climbs Up", which allows students to understand the changes of timbre, strength, speed and other factors through careful appreciation, and vividly depicts the shy relationship between girls and boys in pursuit of beautiful love.
Thirdly, through inspiring language and creating scenes, let students plug in the wings of imagination and soar in the beautiful music. For example, the symphonic poem Voltava River by Czech composer Smetana vividly depicts the beautiful scenery, touching legends and heroic history on both sides of Voltava River, and expresses the author's deep love for the motherland. In the beginning of the villagers' wedding, the intensity changed from weak to strong, which can remind the students that at this time, it seemed as if they were sailing down the river in a boat. The scenery on both sides of the strait gradually moved closer, and the simple polka dance music came from the rural wedding. With the increasing intensity, we came to the wedding site and felt a warm picture of Czech folk customs. Then, the music changed from strong to weak, as if the boat were drifting away, even disappearing in the distance, as if night had fallen. All these imaginations are ups and downs because of the strength change of sound effects.
fourthly, to accumulate a wealth of excellent music works and improve the ability of music appreciation can't be achieved overnight. We need to accumulate a wealth of excellent works in the process of long-term continuous appreciation, which will improve our interest in excellent music works and music appreciation ability over time. You can deepen your impression of excellent works by reciting the theme melodies. The theme melodies of excellent music works are often easy to sing, and students can't help singing along with the theme melodies of works such as butterfly lovers and Two Springs Reflecting the Moon when listening. Students not only feel the rich expressive force of melody, rhythm and other elements of music, but also deepen their understanding of the works. By accumulating rich and excellent music works, students' music appreciation ability can be improved.
In this way, students' appreciation level can be greatly improved through continuous practice and experience. In the process of appreciation teaching, they are gradually cultivated with a correct aesthetic view, which makes them purify their hearts, cultivate their sentiments and improve their aesthetic ability, thus achieving the purpose of our music appreciation teaching.