The Influence of Music Education on the Value Orientations of Teenagers

Abstract

Music education is an indispensable part of current quality education system. National guiding principle for education requires comprehensive development in moral, intelligence, sports, aesthetics and labor, among which basic way of implementation of aesthetic education is music education. From the integral perspective of imparting knowledge and educating people, music education helps improve students' individual quality, helps students' satisfaction of needs and helps students' development of personality. Based on the unique function of music education and characteristics of psychological development of teenagers, this paper discusses the important meaning of music education in optimizing teenagers' psychological quality and improving their balanced development of body and soul, carries out rational introspection and criticism on conditions and problems in China's existing education, explores what should education do and based on and proposes that the value orientation of education should aim to promote people's quality harmonious development, perfecting personality and respecting people's subject value. From the angle of educational value, it probes into and reviews current status and problems of existing education system in China. This paper proposes to establish "people-oriented" value orientation in process of talent cultivation and conform to the nature and era characteristics of contemporary education by taking talent cultivation property and transcendence of education as entry point. Brief Introduction Music is an art good at manifesting and stimulating emotions. Appreciation is rich in fantasy and enables people to surmount everything, thus the process of music appreciation is the process of emotional experience. With euphemistic melody, smooth wave and delicate feelings, Jasmine is widely spread around China and even the world and becomes a representative element in Chinese culture. Ode to the Motherland in Olympics is an inspiring song that manifests lofty sentiments and faith of Chinese people. In the magnificent Yellow River Cantata, the author uses words with full emotion to reveal the great spirit and invincible power of Chinese nation, eulogize the great motherland with long history, show Chinese people's indomitable will to fight and spirit to struggle, bitterly attack inhumanity of invaders and reveal the magnificent scene in which the masses defend the country and resist aggression. Researches show that fast and pleasant music is able to remove muscle fatigue. Fast change of rhythm enables the speed of people's pulse and breath become fast; sad melody slows down the pulse rate, while lively music has the opposite effect. The improvement of brain and the whole neurological function keeps people in high spirit and in physical and mental pleasure. In the meantime, beautiful melody can pacify mood, concentrate people, strengthen delight of life and even accelerate recovery of physical and psychological health in some aspects. It can be seen that music has great impact on people's spirit and emotions.