The invention relates to an arc welding method adopting an external sound pressure mode and a device, and the arc welding method aims to provide a gas shielded welding device of a complex method which can realize stable process, high welding formation quality and greatly improved welding efficiency. The device consists of an acoustic energy transducer (2), an acoustic amplitude-change rod (3), a protective gas injecting nozzle (4), a welding electrode clamp (5), an acoustic generation source (9) and a welding source (8). Under the non-melt electrode mode, the arc welding method has the advantages of stable welding process, improved weld penetration of a single-pass weld and high welding formation quality, as well as realization of high effective welding under the common non-melt electrode welding environment. When being used under the melt electrode mode, the arc welding method has the advantages of greatly improved welding efficiency, effective control of welding heat input quantity, changed weld penetration due to the changed acoustic frequency, the protective gas injecting nozzle, the welding height and other parameters, and effective control of solidification and crystalline state of the molten metal.