Music Courses and Certifications

Korean Music, A Philosophical Exploration

11 ratings at Coursera

Explore Korean philosophy through music, from traditional Gukak to K-pop. Discover cultural influences, emotions, morality, and language in Korean music, gaining insights into its global appeal and cultural significance.

• Coursera
• 12 hours 40 minutes
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Artistic Research in Music – an Introduction

Learn about the topics, issues, and approaches of artistic research in music – research in and through musical practice - vital to today’s musicians and music culture.

• edX
• 12 weeks, 3-4 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Trinity College

World Music, Culture, & You: Finding Music Within Your Community

How does music help us understand each other? Explore ways of thinking about music, community, musicians, and musical instruments.

• edX
• 4 weeks, 2-3 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Campus - the Israeli National Project for Digital Learning

Music as the Mirror of Western Culture

An introduction to western classical music. Learn how to listen to great masterpieces, recognize famous composers and understand western classical music in its larger cultural context.

• edX
• 12 weeks, 2-3 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Discovering music through listening

5 ratings at OpenLearn

This free course, Discovering music through listening, will introduce you to the musical elements used by musicians to create a piece of music: pulse, tempo, metre, harmony, structure, texture, ...

• OpenLearn
• 9 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate

Music and its media

3 ratings at OpenLearn

This free course, Music and its media, examines some of the main ways in which music is transmitted. It considers how the means of communicating a particular piece can change over time; and how the...

• OpenLearn
• 16 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate

Listening for form in popular music

2 ratings at OpenLearn

This free course, Listening for form in popular music, explores form, or how music is organised in time. It looks at three strategies for communicating form – through the use of specialist terms ...

• OpenLearn
• 10 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate

Reception of music in cross-cultural perspective

2 ratings at OpenLearn

Music is created to be performed, in most cases for an audience, whether in a concert hall, at a street fair or through a radio. But how those listeners receive a piece or style of music influences...

• OpenLearn
• 15 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate

Assessment in secondary music

This free course, Assessment in secondary music, will identify and explore some of the key issues around assessing music in secondary schools. Through coming to understand these issues and ...

• OpenLearn
• 11 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate

The Modern Music Technologist

Synthesize music technology skills through historical analysis and project creation, developing expertise as a modern music technologist across multiple disciplines.

• Kadenze
• 40 hours
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

How Music and Mathematics Relate

183 ratings at The Great Courses Plus

Gain new perspective on two of the greatest achievements of human culture-music and math-and the unexpected and fascinating connections that bind the two together.

• The Great Courses Plus
• 9 hours 25 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

An Insider's Guide to Today's Music Biz: 2 Making Great Music

32 ratings at LinkedIn Learning

Learn the secrets of making great music that makes its way into the hands of music biz movers and shakers.

• LinkedIn Learning
• 28 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

North Indian Classical Music II: Raga Composition and Development

Explore North Indian classical music's aesthetic principles, raga composition, tala structure, and performance development techniques through practical lessons and theoretical understanding.

• Kadenze
• 20 hours
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

North Indian Classical Music III: Performance Practice

Explore the structure and improvisational techniques of North Indian Classical Music performances, including Khayal, Alaap, and Gat forms, with guided listening sessions and practice lessons.

• Kadenze
• 20 hours
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Microcredential

North Indian Classical Music

Explore fundamental elements, raga composition, and performance practices of North Indian Classical Music. Learn to sing, play, and appreciate this rich musical tradition.

• Kadenze
• 54 hours
• On-Demand
• Paid Course