音乐是美的、但美比音乐更广,因此,音乐教学中首先应该是美的教育。这里所说的美的教育不同于美学的教育,正如孔夫子和柏拉图所提倡的“乐教”的“乐”字不仅限于音乐的乐一样。美的教育是音乐教育的前提,只有应用美的东西才能,培育出真正的美,否则也谈不上真正的音乐教育。那么,如何认识音乐的美与丑便是本篇的核心所 Music is beautiful, but the music is more beautiful than the music. Therefore, music teaching should first be aesthetical education. The beautiful education here is different from the aesthetic education, just as the words “music” advocated by Confucius and Plato are not limited to music. Beauty education is the precondition of music education. Only by applying the beautiful things can cultivate the real beauty, otherwise it can not talk about the real music education. So, how to understand the beauty and ugliness of music is the core of this chapter