Musicology is the general name of all theoretical disciplines that study music. [1] The general task of musicology is to clarify their essence and laws through various phenomena related to music. For example, the study of the relationship between music and ideology includes music aesthetics, music history, music ethnology, music psychology, music pedagogy, etc; The study of the characteristics of the material materials of music includes music acoustics, rhythm, instrumental music, etc; The study of music form and its composition includes melodology, harmony acoustics, counterpoint, music form and other composition technology theories; There are also performance aspects to consider, such as performance theory, conducting method, etc. Representative universities: Central Conservatory of Music, Shanghai Conservatory of Music, China Conservatory of Music, Communication University of China.