The essence of dialectical materialism holds that essence is the main, fundamental attribute, nature, and characteristic of a thing. Its essence is generated, multifaceted, and developed and changed. What can be countered by anti-essentialism is the essence of idealism and mechanical materialism. Education is not an objective thing, but a general term for a class of objective things. It is a large family that can explore the essence of education from the three aspects of content, process, intention or purpose of education. From the perspective of the educational process, education is instilled, that is, trained, that is, taught, that is, guided, that is, enlightenment, that is, understanding, that is, development, that is, learning, that is, discovery, that is, construction, that is, life, that is, communication, that is, dialogue, that is, understanding, that is, Games, etc. The essence of education is generated and developed, and the nature of education has family similarities. With the deepening of the reform of the education system and the implementation of the new curriculum standards. We need to not only improve teaching methods, but also seek new teaching strategies. It should also be a re-examination of middle school music teaching from the perspective of humanism.