The implementation of "Music New Curriculum Standard" has added a heavy stroke to the music education reform. The new curriculum represents a new educational concept and highlights the word "new". "Novelty" is the soul of quality education. Music is an important subject to improve students' quality and cultivate their innovative ability. How to cultivate students' innovative thinking and improve their innovative ability in middle school music teaching is a new topic that music educators must study and practice hard. 1. Music education is an important way to cultivate students' innovative ability. The so-called innovation ability refers to the use of all known information to start thinking activities according to certain purposes and tasks, and to produce some novel, unique and socially or personally valuable intellectual products. Innovative education is the need of the times, and music education plays an irreplaceable role in cultivating innovative spirit. The new music curriculum standard requires: "Through music education, cultivate students' innovative spirit and sense of cooperation, cultivate noble sentiments, develop creativity, create favorable conditions for other aspects of learning, promote students' comprehensive and harmonious development, and cultivate a positive and optimistic attitude towards life." However, in the current music education, there are still many disadvantages in cultivating students' creativity.