当今世界,科学技术突飞猛进,知识经济已见端倪,国力竞争日趋激烈,教育在知识经济时代的关键作用已成为国际社会的普遍共识。21世纪的中小学音乐教育改革既不同于20世纪80年代我国以结构调整为主的教育体制改革,也不同于90年代以素质教育为核心的教育观念改革,而应该是逐步过度到以音乐教学为中心的实践操作改革。也就是把由结构调整和观念更新产生的改革动力转化为具体音乐教学能力和音乐教学效益, In today’s world, with the rapid development of science and technology, the knowledge economy has taken shape and the competition for national strength has become increasingly fierce. The crucial role of education in the era of knowledge economy has become a universal consensus of the international community. The reform of music education in primary and secondary schools in the 21st century is different from that of education system reform based on structural adjustment in the 1980s in our country and also different from the education concept reform centered on quality education in the 1990s. Instead, As the center of practical operation reform. That is to say, the reform impetus resulting from structural adjustment and concept renewal is transformed into specific music teaching ability and music teaching benefit.