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Learn Music, earn certificates with free online courses from Harvard, Stanford, MIT, University of Pennsylvania and other top universities around the world. Read reviews to decide if a class is right for you.
Get a practical introduction to the mechanics of songwriting and meet established songwriters with this free online course
This course provides hands-on experience in producing, mixing, and sound design with a digital audio workstation. Students will learn the fundamentals (physics) of sound and digital audio, proper gain staging, where and how distortion enters recordings a…
Using a simple and enjoyable teaching style, this course introduces the novice listener to the wonders of classical music, from Bach fugues to Mozart symphonies to Puccini operas.
Learn the fundamentals of music theory from the University of Edinburgh. Develop skills in reading and writing music notation, understanding and analyzing music, and more. Suitable for beginners and experienced musicians. 6 weeks long.
Explore Beethoven's 9th Symphony with Harvard University's 3-week course. Learn musical form, analysis, and the symphony's historical context. No prior musical experience needed.
Discover Handel's Messiah in this installment of First Nights, which will explore five masterpieces of western music.
Study Baroque and Classical opera through Handel’s Giulio Cesare and Mozart’s Don Giovanni
Unlock your inner songwriter with Berklee College of Music. Learn an efficient process for tailoring songs to express your ideas and emotions. No musical experience required. Have fun while you learn!
Explore the birth of opera with Monteverdi's L'Orfeo in this 3-week course by Harvard University. Learn operatic form, analysis, and history with no prior musical experience required.
Learn about Hector Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique , an iconic Romantic symphony that ushered in an era of narrative "program music."
Learn to play acoustic or electric guitar with Berklee College of Music. Explore the instrument, technique, and music theory in an enjoyable way. Gain a solid foundation to pursue intermediate courses.
Learn the fascinating history of Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring , one of the most challenging and rewarding ballets ever written.
Learn the music and cultural impact of three canonical operas from the 1800s: Les Huguenots , Das Rheingold , and Otello.
Today's vast amount of streaming and video conferencing on the Internet lacks one aspect of musical fun and that's what this course is about: high-quality, near-synchronous musical collaboration. Under the right conditions, the Internet can be used for u…
This course is an investigation into the history and aesthetics of music and technology as deployed in experimental and popular musics from the 19th century to the present.