The Best Music Courses: A Quick List

We identified 9 online learning providers that have music courses. Our research found that CreativeLive and The Great Courses are the best.

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Short Courses in Music

In search of the best music courses, we browsed the top 50 online learning provider websites. Our research found that FutureLearn is the only provider that offers a short course in music. We think their Becoming a Better Music Teacher course is great for music teachers.

Individual Courses in Music

We identified 8 online learning providers that offer individual courses in music. Our research found that CreativeLive and The Great Courses have the best music courses online. 

See below for the best individual courses in music we identified:

Bass
Electronic Music Production
Guitar Recording
Learn to DJ
Live Sound Mixing
Music Business
Recording Drums
Rock
Songwriting
Vocals
America’s Musical Heritage
Bach and the High Baroque
Beethoven: His Life and Music
Brahms: His Life and Music
Concert Masterworks
Great Music of the Twentieth Century
Learning to Play Guitar Chords Scales and Solos
Mozart: His Life and Music
The Symphony
Understanding the Fundamentals of Music

In addition to the best music courses, our research found that MasterClass and Skillshare offer some good courses to consider.

Carlos Santana Teaches the Art and Soul of Guitar
Christina Aguilera Teaches Singing
Herbie Hancock Teaches Jazz
Itzhak Perlman Teaches Violin
Jake Shimabukuro Teaches Ukulele
Reba Mcentire Teaches Country Music
Sheila E Teaches Drumming and Percussion
Timbaland Teaches Producing and Beatmaking
Tom Morello Teaches Electric Guitar
Usher Teaches the Art of Performance
Beginner Guitar Lessons: Guitar Lesson 1
Garageband for Songwriting and Music Production
How to Play Guitar for Beginners in 10 weeks
Learn Piano in 30 Days
Music
Music Composition 1 – Rhythm & Melody
Piano
Singing Made Easy
Songwriting and Composing Melodies
The Concerto

We also identified the following music courses, but our research suggests they aren’t the best:

18th-Century Opera: Handel & Mozart
19th-Century Opera: Meyerbeer
Beethoven’s 9th Symphony and the 19th Century Orchestra
Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique and Program Music
Handel’s Messiah and Baroque Oratorio
Introduction to German Opera
Introduction to Italian Opera
Jazz: The Music
Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo and the Birth of Opera
Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring: Modernism
World Music
Audio Engineering: EQ and Compression for Beginners
Music Theory Comprehensive Complete (Levels 1, 2, & 3)
Beginner Acoustic Guitar Masterclass
Getting Songs Done
Pro Practice Your Guide To Piano Mastery
Dance & Singing
Harmony
Melody
Music
Music Composition
Orchestration
Other Instruments
Piano
Rhythm
Voice Over

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