Applying multimedia technology to college music teaching can directly present some abstract knowledge to students. This not only breaks the limitation of traditional teaching time and space, but also enriches the teaching content and improves the teaching quality. Therefore, it is very important to change the teaching concept, actively practice and explore, and seek a new teaching mode. This article deeply analyzes the application of multimedia in college music classroom teaching, the role and position of multimedia in music teaching, compares the advantages and limitations of multimedia technology with other educational technologies in music classroom teaching, and explains multimedia educational technology. Combined with teaching practice and courseware development, this article analyzes the application status of multimedia technology in middle schools, and demonstrates the position and role of multimedia teaching methods in music classroom from both teachers and students, so as to provide some references for the reform of music education in colleges and universities.