Dave is a musician from London, who feels that music brings people together and teaches us about ourselves and the world around us, that music helps to heal and helps people to grow in confidence and express their ideas, and that everyone should have the opportunity to learn about music and explore this wonderful world. He was inspired by non-profit educational sites like Khan … [Read more...]
Learn How to Play the Piano with This Online Course
Music lovers can now learn how to play an instrument by taking a course online, in the comfort of their home, and totally on their own time. For example, Pianoforall - Incredible New Way To Learn Piano & Keyboard is a Udemy course that will teach you how to read sheet music, as well as play by ear, in just months instead of years. For those who don't have the time or money … [Read more...]
Learn About Melody and Harmony in This Free Music Theory Course
The free Alison online course, Music Theory: Melody and Harmony, teaches you how to identify different chords in a melody and the development of notes and musical scales. You will learn how to distinguish between major and minor scales by using your listening skills and through the works of Mozart and Wagner, you will learn how cadences and sequences can be used in musical … [Read more...]
Learn to Listen to Music: Instruments and Rhythm – Free Course
The free Alison online course "Music Theory: Instruments and Rhythm" teaches you to develop your aural listening skills by focusing on classical music and learning about different instruments and musical techniques used in classical musical pieces. The introduces you to music theory, different instruments and musical genres. You will learn how aspects of classical music can be … [Read more...]
Start Playing the Piano and Making Music with this Online Course
Surfing the Internet is about much more than just interacting with friends on social media; instead, you can use your time online more wisely by enrolling in one of the many online courses available at sites like Udemy. Choose from a wide array of topics, from fitness and cooking, to business and technology, and start learning new skills or refining your existing chops. With … [Read more...]
Explore The Intriguing World of Film Production – Free Course
Making a film is a creative exploit, but just like any other business, the aim is also to make money. Explore the intriguing world of film production and find out about the complexities of development, distribution and finance in the free, online course "The Business of Film". The Business of Film Course Content Using the value chain concept and important … [Read more...]
Introduction to Music Theory: A Free Online Course
The Alison free online course "Introduction to Music Theory" introduces the basic concepts and terms needed to discuss melody and harmony. Concepts covered include interval, major and minor keys and scales, triads, chords and beginning harmonic analysis. The course is suitable for teens or adults with no background in music theory but some familiarity with reading common … [Read more...]
Resolve To Learn A New Skill For 2016
Achieve Your New Year's Resolutions Resolve to learn at least one new skill this year - whether it be app development, yoga, marketing, music, web design or creative writing, Udemy has got it covered. Courses Available In All Areas: Click on the images to find the top courses in each area Business Design Development Information … [Read more...]
Music Theory (Piano Lessons)
If you strip away a lot of the jargon and old conventions it becomes far easier to understand the ideas behind music. Music theory is as simple as "when notes are related in *this* way, they create *this* sound". Michael New is a full-time music teacher, have a bachelor's degree in music, and these videos are from him teaching what he know about music theory in the simplest … [Read more...]
Introduction to World Music
An exploration of music from various cultures and time periods and the ways in which music promotes self-understanding by reflecting recurring patterns of human behavior. Lecture 1 - Introduction Lecture 2 - Principles of World Music Lecture 3 - Native American Music I Lecture 4 - Native American Music II Lecture 5 - Native American Music III Lecture 6 - Traditional Ozark … [Read more...]
How to Compose Music 101
Learn how to compose music, from start to finish. In this course, you'll learn about melody, harmony, form, accompaniment, dynamics, articulations and how to make your music generally sound good. Study the ways in which Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven all made their music work. Lesson 1 - How to Write a Melody - Learn about how to write a Basic Idea, the real building block … [Read more...]
Beginners Guitar
In this course we will explore the basics of playing guitar. Our teacher on this journey is probably the most loved guitar teacher on the web: Justin Sandercoe from Justin's Guitar. Justin will walk you through everything from the anatomy of a guitar, right now up to playing your own songs! So grab your instrument and let's get learning. 1 : Getting Started 2 : Chords … [Read more...]
Introduction to Pitch Systems in Tonal Music
Pitch systems use mathematics to organize audible phenomenon for creative expression. The cognitive processes we develop through exposure to music comprise a kind of applied mathematics; our emotional responses to musical nuance grow out of a largely unconscious mastery of the patterns and structures in music. This series of presentations covers the basic mathematics and … [Read more...]
Learn to Sing: Step-by-Step Guides
Want to learn how to sing? The BBC has brought together a wealth of tutorials and videos to help you belt it out with the best of them. 1. Body Basics This guide will teach you how to get started when singing, focussing on posture. 2. Breathing Better Tips on how to get more from your singing by doing some simple breathing exercises. 3. Warming Up Try our warming up … [Read more...]
Learn Piano Today
Fast track piano lessons show you how to play the easiest way today. Beginners - Intermediate level tutorials. Transform from complete novice beginner to the level of a confident and competent early intermediate standard pianist - In less than one calendar month - Learning an average of only one new piece a day. Learn all the rudimentary skills to achieve mastery of the … [Read more...]
Dave Conservatoire
Learn about music online Learn about music for free. DaveConservatoire offers free lessons and exercises in music! Simple online theory lessons and exercises to help you discover how music works. Music is the most wonderful thing on the planet. Playing, singing and learning about music should be a human right. Dave Conservatoire exists to help anyone who … [Read more...]
