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Introduction to Western Music

This class will convey a broad overview of the history, culture, styles, and repertoires of what is generally...

History Art, Design & Architecture Music

Computational Music Theory and Analysis

Prof. Michael Scott Asato Cuthbert

This course presents major approaches to computational music theory and musicology in the symbolic (score-based)...

Mathematics Art, Design & Architecture Music

Fundamentals of Music

Ms. Pamela Wood

This class introduces students to the rudiments of Western music through oral, aural, and written practice utilizing...

Art, Design & Architecture Music Humanities

Music and Technology: Recording Techniques and Audio Production

Dr. Florian Hollerweger

This course is an introduction to music recording and audio production from both a practical and a theoretical...

Art, Design & Architecture Electrical Engineering Media Studies

Heavy Metal 101

This is not a metallurgy class! Learn everything you ever wanted to know about heavy metal music. Topics of this...

Humanities Art, Design & Architecture Music

Music and Technology: Sound Design

Dr. Florian Hollerweger

In this course, we will rebuild the everyday sounds of nature, machines, and animals from scratch and encapsulate...

Art, Design & Architecture Engineering Game Design

Dance Theory and Composition

Prof. Thomas DeFrantz

This course introduces students to the art and formal ideologies of contemporary dance. We explore the aesthetic and...

Art, Design & Architecture Music Performing Arts

Introduction to Musical Composition

Prof. Keeril Makan

Through a progressive series of composition projects, students investigate the sonic organization of musical works...

Art, Design & Architecture Music Humanities

Interactive Music Systems

This course explores audio synthesis, musical structure, human computer interaction (HCI), and visual presentation...

User Experience Art, Design & Architecture Engineering

Composing with Computers I (Electronic Music Composition)

This class explores sound and what can be done with it. Sources are recorded from students’ surroundings - sampled...

Art, Design & Architecture Media Studies Music

Harmony and Counterpoint I

Prof. Brian Robison

In this subject we will study the basic harmonic, melodic, and formal practices of western music, principally the...

Music Art, Design & Architecture Humanities

Introduction to World Music

Prof. George Ruckert

This course explores the ways that music is both shaped by and gives shape to the cultural settings in which it is...

Anthropology Music Art, Design & Architecture

Prof. Michael Scott Asato Cuthbert

This course examines European music from the early Middle Ages until the end of the Renaissance. It includes a...

Art, Design & Architecture History Music

The Supernatural in Music, Literature and Culture

Prof. Charles Shadle

This course explores the relationship between music and the supernatural, focusing on the social history and context...

Art, Design & Architecture Literature Music

Prof. Thomas DeFrantz

This class explores the political and aesthetic foundations of hip hop. Students trace the musical, corporeal,...

Art, Design & Architecture Anthropology Music

Music and Technology: Live Electronics Performance Practices

Prof. Christopher Ariza

This course is a creative, hands-on exploration of contemporary and historical approaches to live electronics...

User Experience Art, Design & Architecture Electrical Engineering

Dr. Peter McMurray

This course is an introduction to Islam from the perspective of media and sound studies, intended for advanced...

Visual Arts Media Studies Sociology

Music and Technology: Algorithmic and Generative Music

Prof. Christopher Ariza

This course examines the history, techniques, and aesthetics of mechanical and computer-aided approaches to...

Media Studies Mathematics Music

Media and Methods: Sound

Prof. John Picker

This course explores the ways in which humans experience the realm of sound and how perceptions and technologies of...

Media Studies Music Art, Design & Architecture

Music Composition

Prof. Peter Child

This course features directed composition of larger forms of original writing involving voices and/or instruments....

Art, Design & Architecture Music Humanities

Introduction to Anglo-American Folk Music

Prof. George Ruckert

This course examines the production, transmission, preservation and qualities of folk music in the British Isles and...

Music Performing Arts Art, Design & Architecture

Writing in Tonal Forms I

Prof. Peter Child

Written and analytic exercises based on 18th- and 19th-century small forms and harmonic practice found in music such...

Art, Design & Architecture Music Humanities

Popular Musics of the World

Prof. Patricia Tang

This course focuses on popular music, i.e. music created for and transmitted by mass media. Various popular music...

Art, Design & Architecture Marketing Anthropology

Musical Improvisation

Dr. Mark Harvey

In this course, students study concepts and practice techniques of improvisation in solo and ensemble contexts. The...

Music Humanities Art, Design & Architecture

Music and Technology (Contemporary History and Aesthetics)

Prof. Christopher Ariza

This course is an investigation into the history and aesthetics of music and technology as deployed in experimental...

Media Studies Music Art, Design & Architecture

Musical Analysis

Prof. Peter Child

This class is an introduction to the analysis of tonal music. Students develop analytical techniques based upon...

Music Art, Design & Architecture Humanities

Developing Musical Structures

Prof. Jeanne Bamberger

The goal of this class is practical: to interrogate, make explicit, and thus to develop the powerful...

Art, Design & Architecture Music Humanities

Studies in Western Music History: Quantitative and Computational Approaches to Music History

Prof. Michael Scott Asato Cuthbert

The disciplines of music history and music theory have been slow to embrace the digital revolutions that have...

Music Art, Design & Architecture Humanities

Music Since 1960

Prof. Brian Robison

This course begins with the premise that the 1960s mark a great dividing point in the history of 20th century...

Media Studies Music Humanities

Beethoven to Mahler

This course surveys Romantic musical genres including song, choral music, opera, piano sonata, character cycle,...

Music Art, Design & Architecture Humanities

Issues of Representation: Women, Representation, and Music in Selected Folk Traditions of the British Isles and North America

Prof. Judith Tick

This subject investigates the special relation of women to several musical folk traditions in the British Isles and...

Art, Design & Architecture Sociology Social Sciences

Prof. George Ruckert

This course focuses on Hindustani classical music of North India, and also involves learning about the ancient...

Sociology Music Performing Arts

Interdisciplinary Approaches to Musical Time

Dr. Martin Marks

This course is an interdisciplinary exploration of three broad topics concerning music in relation to time. Music...

Philosophy Music Cognitive Science

Music of Africa

Prof. Patricia Tang

This course is an introduction to selected musical traditions of West Africa. A variety of musical practices and...

History Anthropology Music

Modern Music: 1900-1960

Prof. Michael Scott Asato Cuthbert

This subject covers a specific branch of music history: Western concert music of first sixty years of the twentieth...

Art, Design & Architecture Humanities History

American Popular Music

This course surveys the development of popular music in the United States and in a cross-cultural milieu relative to...

Music Art, Design & Architecture Humanities

This class surveys the music of the Beatles, from the band’s early years to the break-up of the group, mapping how...

Visual Arts Music Art, Design & Architecture

Israelx Unveiling Middle Eastern Jewish Musical Traditions From Baghdad To Jerusalem

Universite De Montreal Solfege At Your Fingertips 4 2

Universite De Montreal Solfege At Your Fingertips 3

Universite De Montreal Solfege At Your Fingertips 2

Universite De Montreal Solfege At Your Fingertips 1

Universite De Montreal Le Solfege A Votre Portee 4

Universite De Montreal Le Solfege A Votre Portee 3

Universite De Montreal Le Solfege A Votre Portee 2 2

Universite De Montreal Le Solfege A Votre Portee 2

Stanford University The New World Of Arnold Schonberg S Piano Music

Stanford University Defining The String Quartet Haydn

Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Antropologia De La Musica El Caso De Las Musicas Del Pacifico Colombiano

Harvard University 19Th Century Opera Meyerbeer Wagner Verdi

Harvard University 18Th Century Opera Handel Mozart

Berklee College Of Music Introduction To Music Theory

Berklee College Of Music Crear Musica Con Tecnologia

Universitat Politecnica De Valencia Soundcool Modulos De Video Y Propuestas Creativas

Universitat Politecnica De Valencia Codificacion De Audio Mas Alla Del Mp3

Berklee College Of Music Introduction To The Music Business

Berklee College Of Music Grabar Y Mezclar Musica

Berklee College Of Music Copyright Law In The Music Business

University Of Adelaide Music Technology Foundations

Universitat Politecnica De Valencia Creacion Musical Con Soundcool Introduccion

Trinity College World Music Culture You Finding Music Within Your Community

The University Of Wisconsin Madison Music Art Society And Self

Stanford University Defining The String Quartet Ii Beethoven

Sorbonne Universite Voyage Musical Dans La France Du 17E Siecle

Sorbonne Universite A Musical Journey Through 17Th Century France

Massachusetts Institute Of Technology World Music Global Rhythms

Massachusetts Institute Of Technology World Music Balinese Rhythms

Ku Leuven Artistic Research In Music An Introduction

Israelx Music As The Mirror Of Western Culture

Harvard University First Nights Stravinskys Rite Of Spring Modernism Ballet And Riots

Harvard University First Nights Monteverdis Lorfeo And The Birth Of Opera

Harvard University First Nights Handel S Messiah And Baroque Oratorio

Harvard University First Nights Berliozs Symphonie Fantastique And Program Music In The 19Th Century

Harvard University First Nights Beethoven S 9Th Symphony And The 19Th Century Orchestra

Berklee College Of Music Produccion Musical Y Su Efecto En La Composicion

Berklee College Of Music Fundamentos De La Guitarra Electrica Y Acustica

Music Learning Resources — Free and Paid, from MIT OCW, Coursera, Khan Academy, edX, and Curated Sources

This page lists free and paid learning resources covering Music from MIT OpenCourseWare, Coursera, Khan Academy, edX, and hand-curated/AI-discovered sources. Resources can be filtered by provider, price, and type to find the format that works best for each learner.

The Learning Resource Hub collects and organizes learning resources across dozens of academic and professional topics, making it easy to find quality educational content whether free or paid. Each resource card includes provider information, price, resource type, level, and a direct link.

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