Music is an art that attracts hearing in the passage of time. The basic means is to form a sound structure with specific spiritual connotation with organized musical sound. It is difficult to reproduce and describe the objective reality, but very good at expressing feelings and emotions; Art is a general term for shaping visual images and many art types by means of modeling. In a long historical period, modeling and stillness are the only artistic means for human beings to intuitively reflect reality and master the world. On the surface, music seems to have little to do with art, but in fact, because music is difficult to reproduce and describe reality, it is very good at expressing feelings and emotions, and art only acts as a bridge and link from simple sound learning to emotional expression. We get all kinds of visual images and pictures by hearing and imagining music and acoustics, and then trigger corresponding feelings and emotions. At this time, almost all human senses are mobilized, making music truly "music", not just the sound composed of melody, rhythm and other machinery. Therefore, we also refer to the content that the sound of music itself cannot contain, but can be provided to the audience through music, that is, the content that the audience imagines and associates from the sound, which is called the non-musical content in music. So why do people associate all kinds of visual images and pictures from hearing voices?
From the perspective of art genesis, there has been a connection between various art categories, and some arts that are now independent categories were originally combined. For example, in primitive art, music, dance and poetry are all of the same origin. In the development of art itself, different categories are merging, absorbing and even reuniting with each other. For example, the film is an art form, which combines photography, drama, literature, fine arts, music and other art categories. The reason why they can go up and down is because they all have the same "genes". With the continuous development of history and art itself, the integration of various art categories has become more diversified. Mr. Guo Shengjian also said in his book "On Art Education": "All art is the art of the soul, but the perceptual materials used are different. If we look at other art forms from the perspective of a certain art form, we will not find that other art forms have more or less the performance characteristics of this art form. This means that different art forms have many similarities in aesthetic significance and expression techniques. " This provides a prerequisite for the integration of music and art.
Modern psychology also provides a theoretical basis for the integration of various art categories. Synaesthesia, a psychological phenomenon, makes the synthesis between arts necessary and possible. Zhu Zhixian's explanation of synaesthesia in his Psychological Dictionary is: "Synaesthesia, also called synaesthesia. From the literary point of view, it refers to the psychological phenomenon of mutual connection and mutual induction ... The reason why the senses are not isolated is because they are all controlled by the brain. And in all the senses, vision and hearing play a leading role, communicating with other senses, resulting in the sound of * * *. In a word, synaesthesia is a very complicated psychological phenomenon, which is multi-level. Some emphasize sensory intuition and win by scenery. Some emphasize emotional attitude and win with emotion; Some scenes blend, or interesting, or profound philosophy. It varies from person to person. " Therefore, when we hear the "two Jews" in Munirsky's piano suite "Picture Exhibition", we will see the image of a cocky rich man and a timid and guilty poor man in our minds. This is the function of synaesthesia, which makes the auditory art, music and visual art so closely and naturally linked.
Grasping the relationship between music and art is very important for us to learn music, play music and teach. The most fundamental value of music is aesthetic value. Music without aesthetics is not valuable music. In the performance of vocal music or instrumental music works, if we only pay attention to the skillful skills and smooth melody, but not to the expression of emotions, it will only be a "show", and music can not be called music, but just an empty shell sound. Therefore, in music performance, what we need is music with connotation and aesthetic expression. Therefore, it is a good means to grasp the relationship between music and art, imagine and associate according to music, and express emotions in the picture depicted by music. In music teaching, students can be taught some music directly related to painting through appreciation, such as A Corner of Portsmouth, which not only enriches the teaching content in a limited time, but also improves students' artistic accomplishment and learning enthusiasm. If you encounter some music works that are not directly related to painting, you can also guide students to imagine and associate, which not only cultivates students' aesthetic interest, but also stimulates their new thinking. More importantly, the combination of music and art teaching embodies the teaching concept of subject integration. As we all know, music education in primary and secondary schools is a comprehensive and holistic art education, whose direct purpose is to improve students' artistic aesthetic cultivation, so subject integration is the most effective means. Music and art are two art forms that are most easily accepted by primary and secondary school students, and the integration teaching of the two most familiar art forms can become one of the main teaching methods. Especially when using art in music teaching, we should be careful not to go into the misunderstanding of two subjects and not to use one art form to translate another art form, which will greatly reduce the effectiveness of our music education.
In a word, music and art are interrelated and integrated, and they share the same gene. We should correctly grasp their relationship, which is beneficial to our study, performance and teaching.