Music is an important art course in the music education of ordinary colleges and universities. Music education can not only reflect the value of art but also demonstrate its aesthetic appeal. With the development of the times, contemporary music education has gradually developed its own characteristics in terms of teaching forms and features, and plays a positive role in the cultivation of comprehensive qualities. Music education is one of the indispensable courses in the art curriculum of colleges and universities. However, from the research and analysis of the current situation of public music education in ordinary colleges and universities, it can be seen that most colleges and universities have various understandings of music education. With the continuous development of national quality-oriented education, the utilization rate of public music education by college students is also increasing. Although some schools have not yet incorporated public music education into the formal education system of the school, the overall promotion of curriculum reform has made it an inevitable trend for public music education to enter colleges and universities and occupy a place in the overall education development.