“口传心授、心领神会”是我国少数民族音乐的传统传承方式,即自然传承。随着社会的发展进步,我国教育事业得到了蓬勃发展,从旧社会到改革开放的今天,很多作曲家以民族音乐为素材,加以现代技法,创作出许多经典之作,民族音乐得以传承发扬,在历史的长河中留下了深深的痕迹。本文以云南丰富的少数民族音乐资源为基础,依托云南艺术学院音乐学院得天独厚的办学条件,重点列举了云南艺术学院音乐学院在传承云南少数民族音乐文化所发挥的重要作用和突出贡献,阐述了教育传承在云南少数民族音乐文化传承中的重要地位。 “Oral heart grant, take the hint God ” is the traditional inheritance of ethnic music in our country, that is, the natural heritage. With the development of society, education in our country has flourished. From the old society to the reform and opening up, many composers use modern techniques as their material and create many classic works. Ethnic music can be inherited and developed, In the long history of the river left a deep mark. Based on the abundant music resources of ethnic minorities in Yunnan Province and relying on the favorable conditions of running schools of Yunnan College of Arts and Music, this paper focuses on the important role played by Yunnan Conservatory of Music and its contribution to the inheritance of Yunnan’s minority music culture. Inheritance plays an important role in the inheritance of musical culture of ethnic minorities in Yunnan.