Music appreciation can not only facilitate the mind but also cultivate the love of aesthetics, so more and more college students attach much importance to music appreciation which has been included in the basic course for humanistic quality education by many colleges and universities. Based on the fundamental connotation of college student’s music appreciation, importance of cultivating student’s music appreciation and practical teaching experiences, this paper proposes several suggestions on how to cultivate student’s music appreciation: student is the center and music textbook should be well chosen, teaching methods should be optimized with the combination of teaching contents and teaching should be fulfilled step by step in consideration of student’s status quo.