Music Courses and Certifications

Adventures in Classical Music—Music Appreciation for All!

1025 ratings at Udemy

Understand and enjoy classical music at your own pace. A music history course, including a music theory introduction.

• Udemy
• 31 hours
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

30 day challenge - learn to play the harmonica in one month!

752 ratings at Udemy

This could change your life; 2 mins a day, a little practice, a harmonica; get an easy music skill to enjoy and impress!

• Udemy
• 1-2 hours
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Play Ukulele Now

349 ratings at Udemy

Learn to play ukulele, make your own music with it in your own way and have fun doing it.

• Udemy
• 6 hours
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Korean Music, A Philosophical Exploration

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
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Duke;  Berlin University of the Arts

Art of the MOOC: Experiments with Sound

72 ratings at Coursera

Explore sound as art through experimentation, composition, and analysis. Discover diverse musical traditions and acoustic phenomena in everyday life, guided by expert artists and scholars.

• Coursera
• 10 hours 18 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Band as Business, Musician as Entrepreneur

276 ratings at Udemy

How to earn a career as a professional musician by composing, performing and recording the songs you love to share.

• Udemy
• 6 hours 49 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Ukulele Complete Course for Beginners

131 ratings at Udemy

Learn to play all your favourite songs on the ukulele

• Udemy
• 1 hour 24 minutes
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Fry Scream, False Chord Growl/ Scream, Distortion - BASICS

100 ratings at Udemy

How to begin your adventure with screaming, growling and distortion in a healthy and effective way.

• Udemy
• 1-2 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Carnatic Flute Basics | Beginner's Guide | Geethams

20 ratings at Udemy

(PART-2) Learn Carnatic Flute - A course of Geethams in various Raagas.

• Udemy
• 1-2 hours
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

The Psychological aspect of Country Music

13 ratings at Udemy

Explore the psychological impact of country music on emotions, learning, and business, featuring unique artwork, lyrics, and insights from renowned artists.

• Udemy
• 4-5 hours
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

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

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

Listening for form in popular music

1 rating 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