The Music Aesthetic Education Of Middle School And The Training Of Studendts' Aesthetic Ability

Content: This article puts focus on the relation between music aesthetic education in high school and aesthetic ability cultivation of students. Music education is vital to the capability education, which functions importantly to the development of people in various fields. It contributes to the overall development of individuality, edification of noble personality, and cultivation of aesthetic ability of students. However, the drawbacks of traditional exam-oriented education make quite a few schools lack of the knowledge about music aesthetic teaching, and therefore prevent the development of aesthetic ability of students. Based on the analysis of above contradiction, this article is seeking the deeper reason and proposing relevant countermeasures.This article firstly introduces the connotation and functions of music aesthetic education, analyzes the four aesthetic elements in music teaching including music teaching materials, music teaching methodology, music teachers, and music teaching environment; then it indicates the problems and deficiencies that exist in present music aesthetic education, and points out the reform direction of aesthetic education in high school by taking the advanced music teaching theory abroad for reference; finally, it proposes practical measures and ideas for cultivating the aesthetic ability of students in various music teaching, e.g. music appreciation teaching, singing and instrument teaching, creativity teaching, etc..