What to study in Music Appreciation Elective

Music Appreciation is an elective course in which students learn about various genres of music in China and abroad, as well as an introduction to various musical instruments, and the differences between Eastern and Western music, their origins and art forms.

Learning music appreciation, students first need to have good music listening ability, along with audio perception and emotional experience to produce rich imagination and association, the connotation of the musical work in the appreciation of the inner hearing in the creative reproduction, to give the musical work appropriate, rational evaluation.

In addition to the ability to listen to music, one must also have the ability to recognize the basic elements of pitch, rhythm, intensity, and timbre of music. Musicology focuses on the basic knowledge and skills in musicology, music history, music behavior, and music education, covering many aspects of vocal, instrumental, and folk music, composition, lyrics, and music theory for music performance, instrumental performance, arranging and composing, and lyrics.

The courses that students in this program take include: "Harmony," "Composition," "Vocal Music," "Piano Technique," "Analysis and Composition of Polyphonic Music," "Orchestration and Composition," "Percussion," "Fundamentals of Polyphony," "Conducting Techniques," "Lyrics," and "Music Theory.

Some colleges and universities train students in the following specialties: Instrumental Music, Vocal Music, Dance, International Flight Service, Teacher Education, Preschool Education, Music Performance, Music Education, Music Therapy, Aviation, and Advanced Integrated Service Management.

The original meaning of Music Appreciation is the identification and appreciation of musical works. Music Appreciation belongs to the basic theory part of the art discipline and is a general education elective for all students.

Mainly through the study of the theory of music and art, the appreciation of music and art works in the form of music, study of various genres of music and various musical instruments in ancient and modern times and cultures, and to understand the differences between the music of the East and the West, including the origin, art forms and so on.

Multimedia teaching methods are often used in classroom teaching, watching and enjoying the huge amount of teaching pictures, sound, video and other audio-visual materials, comprehensive teaching, theory and practice.