Nanning Nanshan Art Vocational and Technical School tells you that musicology has different research objects and focuses in different periods. The name of musicology was officially used by German scholars represented by Helmholtz in the 1860s. Musicology is the study of all things related to music, and the study of all music works and behaviors in human history and today. First of all, his research object is all the music created by human beings in all ages, from the primitive era to the present.

Secondly, musicology should also study the music behavior of all individuals and nations in history and modern times, that is, the physiological behavior, creative behavior, performance behavior, aesthetic behavior, acceptance behavior, and learning behavior of music.

In the final analysis, the study of music behavior is the study of actors and people. Especially in today's changing and developing society, the investigation, analysis and research on creators, performers, singers, people who produce, disseminate and enjoy music will also have an impact on the music life of the society. It is the study of human beings themselves to explain the reasons for the emergence and spread of various kinds of music.