A Study Of The Development Of Chinese Basic Music Theory Education

Because some reasons of history and reality, the development of Chinese basic music theory is backward in teaching system and content It's the important task that correct or supply the present basic music theory and construct Chinese basic music theory system. This thesis synthesizes music education and music historiography, music culturology, music morphology, and utilizes scientific, objective, rational, entirety and synthetical senses. It makes the development of Chinese basic music theory education as object of study, and takes the history as object lesson, then thinks and prospects the construction of Chinese basic music theory system.Chinese basic music theory education took the Western music theory as main content before established. This period is divided into four parts: 1 .The Western music theory in China before Opium War, 2.The Western music theory in China from Opium War to early 20^th ; 3.The Western music theory in China in Xue Tang Yue Ge period; 4.The Western music theory in China from Wu-si movement to established.Chinese basic music theory education after established is divided into two parts: The slow development from established to 1990's and the change after 1990's. Chinese basic music theory still follow the Western music theory system from established to 1990's and developed slowly. After 1990's, Chinese basic music theory has changed in the demand of diathesis education, mother tongue education and pluralistic culture musical education, and has done much try in traditional music theory, modem music theory and opening up of music theory in cultural field.From the development of Chinese basic music theory education, we see that the development of the Western music theory in China was a course from passive acceptance to initiative absorption before established. The scope of spreading the Western music theory was from palace to church, to school, to social. And it made Chinese music theory education develop into a system which took the major-minor system as the main model. Chinese basic music theory has deviated it's track gradually. In pace with deep study in music after established, the development of basic music theory has appeared thriving situation. The construction of basic music theory is going to the direction of pluralism and depth. Many musicologists and music educationists have contributed to the construction of Chinese basic music theory from different points and fields.This thesis adheres to principle of "combining history and discussion, history drawing conclusion", and concepts the ideal model of Chinese basic music theory through combing the development of basic music theory in China. This model is that promote the fusion of traditional music theory and modem one in length, strengthen the unity of nation and world factors in basic music theory in breadth, and pay close attention to the intention of technology and cultural in music theory education at the same time, and strengthen science and logicality of conceptions in basic music theory textbooks.