Music theory is an introductory course for preschool education majors in colleges and universities. It systematically shows students all the basic theoretical knowledge of music, which is conducive to improving students' musical quality and theoretical accomplishment.

At present, there are some problems in the teaching strategy of music theory for preschool education majors, such as not grasping the difficulty of teaching materials, creating a poor learning atmosphere, lacking the cultivation of students' learning ability, ignoring the cultivation of students' music literacy and application ability.

In order to better cultivate the students' ability of music perception, music appreciation and music expression, and improve the teaching quality of music theory in preschool education, this paper will think about the teaching strategies of music theory in preschool education.

First, to stimulate students' interest in learning, pay attention to creating a learning atmosphere

(A) pay attention to stimulate students' interest in music theory courses.

Teachers should help students correctly understand the course of Music Theory, make them realize that the course of Music Theory is a very interesting course, which integrates knowledge, artistry and operability, so that students can learn the basic knowledge of music through hands-on, word-using and brain-thinking, and cultivate musical sentiment. This correct understanding of students can improve their enthusiasm for learning music theory courses, stimulate their interest in learning and change passive learning into active learning.

(B) to create a relaxed and pleasant learning atmosphere

Create a relaxed and happy learning atmosphere and learning environment for students, so that students can complete their studies in a relaxed and happy situation. It is embodied in two aspects: (1) teachers' teaching plans should be novel, vivid and interesting, teaching methods should be varied, students should be guided to enter the learning state step by step, the teaching language should be rigorous, scientific, logical and interesting, and students should try their best to complete their learning through easy-to-understand language.

(2) After teaching each knowledge point, teachers can ask students questions related to the knowledge point, and then arrange more than half of the students to answer the questions. The teacher analyzes the students' answers one by one, especially the wrong answers, so that students can understand where the mistakes are, the reasons for them, and the ways to avoid them in the future.

Second, further improve the teaching content of music theory course.

Whether the teaching content of music theory course for preschool education majors is reasonable or not directly affects students' working ability after graduation. Specifically, we can improve the content of the music theory course from the following aspects:

1. Adapting and selecting teaching materials according to the actual situation of students, so that the content selected in the teaching materials is more conducive to students' acceptance and understanding. For example, when teaching the knowledge of "notation", teachers can use the complex spectrum in the famous Kodaly teaching method to teach, so that students can more intuitively, concisely and clearly understand the writing methods of different notation and the differences of different lengths, such as distinguishing quarter notes, eighth notes and sixteenth notes.

2. When improving the content of teaching materials, students' learning ability, knowledge mastery and emotional experience should be fully considered. Schools should, according to the actual situation, find professional scholars to compile music theory textbooks, so that the contents of the textbooks can meet the learning needs of students and increase their knowledge of music theory. The teaching content should start from students' learning interest and learning ability.

Only when students are interested in the content of the textbook can they actively learn the knowledge of music theory, and through the study and application of knowledge, they can continuously improve their ability of music learning, music appreciation and music creation. Therefore, the improvement and integration of teaching materials and educational contents according to the actual situation is the basis for students to learn music theory courses better.

3. Music theory teachers should start from the actual teaching needs of local kindergartens, increase relevant content, such as nursery rhymes and music riddles, and teach students to play small musical instruments commonly used in kindergartens, including organ, wooden fish, bells and xylophone, so that the teaching content is more conducive to students' use in future work.

Third, the rational use of new teaching methods

First, teachers can use gesture teaching method when explaining knowledge. By expressing the ups and downs of music through gestures, students can not only feel the change of music rhythm from the sense of hearing, but also further understand the change of music rhythm by combining visual effects.

Gesture teaching method enables students to achieve the perfect combination of hearing and vision in their study, which improves the teaching effect and reduces the difficulty of learning music theory knowledge.

Second, adopt multimedia teaching methods. Teachers can play some classic music clips to students in teaching, so that students can feel the charm of music and improve their music appreciation ability. Using multimedia to display the staff and keyboard diagram is convenient for students to better understand the teacher's teaching content and further learn the knowledge of music theory.

In addition, in the teaching of music theory, we should combine the appreciation of music works. Teachers impart music theory knowledge to students through the appreciation of music works, so that students can increase their appreciation ability of music works while learning music knowledge, and do a good job of applying what they have learned in practice.

Four. conclusion

In short, students majoring in preschool education must pay attention to the study and application of music theory, realize the continuous improvement of their own music level, and lay the foundation for future preschool education. Colleges and universities should pay attention to the in-depth analysis of students' learning effect of music theory and the teaching effect of music theory courses, find out the shortcomings in time, fully combine the characteristics of preschool education students, and start from the aspects of teaching materials, teaching methods, learning atmosphere, music literacy and students' application ability of music theory, so as to realize the comprehensive improvement of music theory teaching quality and students' learning quality.