Take The Teaching Practice Of Kunqu And Guqin As An Example To See The Impact Of Traditional Chinese Music On College Students' Cultural Quality

As the policy of symphony entering university was put forward by the former primer minister Li Lanqing, serious music gradually become popularized on the campus of universities. The thriving promotion of spiritual civilization on campus and the quality improvement at large of Chinese citizen's brought about, the different development of west and east music, modern and traditional music on universities campus. This paper which is based on traditional Chinese national music examines the impact of traditional Chinese music on college students' cultural quality.Traditional Chinese music has boasted a long history and had a rich connotation. At present, the earliest and most popular traditional Chinese music can be divided into five sorts including folk songs and ancient songs, song-and-dance and dancing music, hip-hop music, opera music as well as national instrumental music. This paper takes the teaching of the last two sorts of music and their representatives—Kuqu and Guqin-- as an example to survey the college student's comprehension and understanding to our native music.For several centuries, Chinese people have been infatuated about Kuqu. Guqin is a musical instrument that the ancient literati must learn to play. But now Kuqu and Guqin have become the world cultural legacy. So when we learn to absorb the western culture and civilization, our college students should know more about out national music because one country or one nationality should have its own characteristic culture and music as well. Teaching practice proves that it is necessary for all our universities and colleges to open characteristic music lessons.In order to actualize the education of our national musical treasure, we should: 1) listen more and watch more; 2) compare more and study more; 3) take more responsibility and more obligation. The teaching methodologies are: 1) putting melody first and popularizing its knowledge. By using of stereo set, audio and video, multimedia or by playing the real instruments, let the students appreciate the famous melodies like High Mountains and Flowing Steams or Peony Pavilion and their common musical knowledge so as to arouse the students' enthusiasm. By combining learning with practice, let Kunqu and Guqin enter the classroom. 2) using musical instruments as assistant to promote interest. Take Guqin or lute to classroom and play on the spot to shorten the distance between students and the elegant instrument. The students' enthusiasm can be more easily and greatly promoted by remembering...