Music Theory & Musicianship Courses and Certifications

Piano Lessons Year 1

This series of free online piano lessons was developed to meet the needs of beginner piano self-learners who do not have access to a personal piano teacher.

• YouTube
• 18 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Scott Paul Johnson

Minor Pentatonic Scales in the CAGED System

Learn how minor pentatonic shapes in the CAGED system map across the guitar neck for soloing, including notes outside the shape.

• YouTube
• 15 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Native Instruments

Maschine Workflow Tutorials - Drums, Melody, Sampling, Mixer and FX, Arrange, Export Track

Master drum programming, melody creation, sampling techniques, mixing, arrangement, and track export using Native Instruments' Maschine production workflow.

• YouTube
• 23 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

ASU Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts

Piano I: Introduction to the Piano & Staff

3 ratings

Learn to play piano and read music: grand staff and bass clef note reading, meter and articulation, five-finger patterns, arpeggios, sight-reading, and improvising a final piece.

• Kadenze
• 50 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

How to Play Piano

346 ratings at The Great Courses Plus

Experience hands-on lessons from a master piano instructor as you explore the building blocks of music.

• The Great Courses Plus
• 18 hours 40 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Learning to Play Guitar: Chords, Scales, and Solos

445 ratings at The Great Courses Plus

Discover the joy of playing, reading, and understanding music from a master teacher, in this hands-on course.

• The Great Courses Plus
• 12 hours 31 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Discovering music: the blues

12 ratings at OpenLearn

This free course, Discovering music: the blues, will introduce you to a musical tradition with roots in the nineteenth century but which is still relevant to making music today. You will learn ...

• OpenLearn
• 6 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Voice-leading analysis of music 1: the foreground

4 ratings at OpenLearn

This free course, Voice-leading analysis of music 1: the foreground, introduces 'voice-leading' or 'Schenkerian' analysis, perhaps the most widely used and discussed method of analysing tonal music...

• OpenLearn
• 20 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Voice-leading analysis of music 2: the middleground

This free course, Voice-leading analysis of music 2: the middleground, continues our examination of 'voice-leading' or 'Schenkerian' analysis, perhaps the most widely used and discussed method of ...

• OpenLearn
• 20 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Voice-leading analysis of music 3: the background

The music of Mozart has been used to examine the foreground and middleground of harmony in free courses AA314_1 and AA314_2. In this free course, Voice-leading analysis of music 3: the background, ...

• OpenLearn
• 20 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Bass Patterns in Blues and Rock - Lecture 8

Learn to hear bass patterns and identify three- and four-chord harmonic progressions across popular and classical music.

• YouTube
• 48 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

How to Listen to and Understand Great Music, 3rd Edition

376 ratings at The Great Courses Plus

Forever change the way you listen to music with this outstanding course that explores the history, composition, and sublime accomplishments of Western concert music.

• The Great Courses Plus
• 1 day 12 hours 28 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Music and the Brain

81 ratings at The Great Courses Plus

Discover what happens when melody meets the mind in these entrancing lectures on the neuroscience of music.

• The Great Courses Plus
• 9 hours 14 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

How to Play the Ukulele

62 ratings at The Great Courses Plus

Learn ukulele from the basics through chords, scales, strumming, fingerpicking, blues, and combined techniques in 24 progressive lessons.

• The Great Courses Plus
• 6 hours 27 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Sichuan Conservatory of Music

Chamber Music

Develop piano chamber-music skills through ensemble coordination, rhythmic and auditory balance, musical dialogue, and performance of Chinese works.

• XuetangX
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course