Music Theory Courses and Certifications

Fundamentals of Music Theory

25 reviews

This course will introduce students to the theory of music, providing them with the skills needed to read and write Western music notation, as well as to understand, analyse, and listen informedly. It will cover material such as pitches and scales, inter…

• Coursera
• 6 weeks long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Musicianship: Tensions, Harmonic Function, and Modal Interchange

After a tremendous response from learners on Coursera, Berklee Online has created a Developing Your Musicianship specialization, and this course is the third course in the series. If you have a general understanding of music theory or if you have complet…

• Coursera
• 4 weeks long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Introduction To Music Theory

7 reviews

Learn key concepts and approaches needed to understand, create, and perform contemporary music.

• edX
• 3-5 hours a week, 6 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Getting Started With Music Theory

4 reviews

This course is a brief introduction to the elements of music theory for those with little or no music theory experience. We will explore pitch, rhythm, meter, notation, scales, keys, key signatures, meter signatures, triads, seventh chords, and basic har…

• Coursera
• 4 weeks long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Write Like Mozart: An Introduction to Classical Music Composition

5 reviews

This course introduces students to strategies for style writing of common practice European art music. The issues of harmonic progression, voice leading, and texture are addressed in addition to relevant compositional concepts like repetition, variation…

• Coursera
• 6 weeks long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

An introduction to music theory

Gain an understanding of the basic building blocks of musical theory and notation. This free course, An introduction to music theory, will introduce you to music staves, clefs, rhythmic and pitch ...

• OpenLearn
• 8 hours worth of material
• Finished
• Free Certificate

Understanding musical scores

This free course, Understanding musical scores, provides a general introduction to how to understand a musical score, and insights into what professional musicians do with the notation that these ...

• OpenLearn
• 12 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• 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 worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate

University College Cork

Loop: Repetition and Variation in Music

4 reviews

A course examining the art of moving while standing still, and traveling far without moving. This will be approached through a study of form and variation techniques used in music. Students will be asked to make more from less while maintaining musical i…

• Kadenze
• 10 weeks long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Musicianship: Chord Charts, Diatonic Chords, and Minor Keys

1 review

After a tremendous response from learners on Coursera, Berklee Online has created a Developing Your Musicianship specialization, and this course is the second course in the series. If you have a basic knowledge of music theory or if you have completed De…

• Coursera
• 4 weeks long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

University of Oslo

Music Moves: Why Does Music Make You Move?

34 ratings at FutureLearn

Learn about the psychology of music and movement, and how researchers study music-related movements, with this free online course.

• FutureLearn
• 3 hours a week, 6 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Approaching Music Theory: Melodic Forms and Simple Harmony

This course is about how music works. It is about the relationship between the technical and aesthetic details of music. It is also about how developing a meaningful theoretical vocabulary can help you think and talk about musical style, and how learning…

• Coursera
• 4 weeks long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Teoria Musical

Explore os elementos básicos que compoem a música, desenvolva sua percepção, tire músicas de ouvido, e aprenda a ler e escrever usando notação musical. Procuramos criar um curso que unisse a cultura e música brasileira com técnicas de aprendizado de so…

• Coursera
• 7 weeks long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Fundamentos de la guitarra eléctrica y acústica

Desarrolla las habilidades musicales necesarias para tocar la guitarra acústica o eléctrica. Este curso de guitarra te lleva de la teórica musical a la práctica.

• edX
• 2-5 hours a week, 6 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Proyecto final de Músico moderno

La industria de la música está experimentando enormes cambios, y como resultado de ello, los músicos necesitan cada vez más habilidades en un número de áreas diferentes para tener éxito. El programa especializado de Músico moderno está diseñado para prop…

• Coursera
• 4 weeks long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)