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Online Music Education

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Instrument Lessons
Other Music Lessons
Theory
Schools
Miscellaneous

Instrument Lessons


ActiveBass Online Lessons
A free online community and education-based site for bassists. Online bass lessons, online tablature, practice progressions, feature articles, links & reviews, theory/reference materials, more.


Britchops Foundation Drum Course
Offers the basics of modern drumming for beginners wishing to learn at home. Includes MIDI files and multimedia resources to demonstrate.


Crossroads
Complete guitar courses online, from beginners to advanced. Guitar music, news and reviews.


DrumBum Drum Lessons Database
One of the Internet's largest drumming databases, with a comprehensive collection of more than 250 free online drum lessons.


Free Online Classical Guitar Lessons
The "Total Classical Guitar Method" is an online lesson program for beginning and non-classical guitarists.


Fender Players Club
Free online guitar and bass lessons for all skill levels, in many styles, in printable PDF format, many with mp3 audio tracks. Artist lessons include biographies, interviews, gear setups and signature lick lessons.


Guitar Online
Methods with or without video. Various styles and levels.


Guitarlessononline.com
A subscription site featuring half-hour, detailed guitar lessons with real-time audio and video instruction, including some interactive features.


Guitar Lessons on DVD
Learn to play guitar at home using a guitar-lesson DVD self-study program.


Guitar Player - Online Guitar Lessons
Provides a large selection of free online guitar lessons, including: Spinning Clusters into Lines, Melodic Minor Mayhem, Ska Building Blocks, Gypsy Scales and Oriental Modes. New lessons are published monthly.


Guitar Player World
Free quality guitar lessons online using Guitar Pro as a learning platform.


Harmonica Academy
Learn to play harmonica with these online lessons.


Harmonica Lessons
Learn to play harmonica/blues harp with these free online lessons, including lots of information and tips to better your playing.


Jazz and Percussion Lessons at malletjazz.com
Free self-study online lessons, uploaded monthly by James Walker, dealing with mallet percussion (vibraphone, marimba, etc.) and/or jazz performance practices.


Lire la musique
A courseware for learning how to read music quickly and efficiently.


Quiescence Music Piano Lessons
A free course for the beginning adult piano student to learn how to create music in the "new age" style. For those with little or no experience.


Riff Interactive Live Internet Guitar Lessons
Free online guitar lessons, live, available every week. Also included are: The Lick of the Day, Live Celebrity Seminars, Experience Music Project Guitar Events, Archived Guitar Lessons.


Studybass.com
Online bass lessons


TigerBill's DrumBeat
Tiger Bill Meligari, a professional drummer/instructor, offers lessons in theory, technique, and practical application for beginner and professional alike.


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Other Music Lessons


Acoustic Music Lessons
Free online acoustic lessons for beginners in mandolin, guitar, dobro, banjo, dulcimer, fiddle, violin.


Easy Music Lessons
An online resource for bass, guitar, drum or piano lessons.


Leçons Polyphonie
Secular and sacred songs analyzed by voice.


An Online Course in Songwriting
A free online course in songwriting, for beginners and experienced writers alike to learn tips on writing songs and lyrics.


UniversalClass
This site sells online courses through virtual classrooms and proprietary technology, so that students receive continual feedback from teachers. Courses include An Introduction To Singing, How To Become A Professional Singer and Music Reading.


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Theory


Adult Music Theory Course Online
This free online course in music theory and orchestration is aimed at adults, examining the basics of pitch, chords and time.


The Classical Music Website's Learning Zone
Composers, A-Z Glossary, Introduction to Classical Music, How to Enjoy a Live Concert, How to Build a Classical CD Collection.


Éducation musicale
A teaching resource package for the music education profession.


Gary Ewer's Easy Music Theory
A free online course designed to provide some rudimentary knowledge of basic theory.


Lire la musique
A courseware for learning how to read music quickly and efficiently.


MIBAC (Music Instruction By A Computer)
Free music theory pages excerpted from an educational music software package. Simple fundamentals of basic theory, chords and harmony for beginners.


Ricci Adams' Musictheroy.net
An interactive theory site helpful for beginners.


Teoria - Music Theory Web
Offers introductory-level music theory, including reference material, analysis, interactive exercises, scores, and articles about music.


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Schools


BerkleeMusic.com
The online extension school for continuing music education for the renowned Berklee College of Music, in Boston, MA. Courses available include: Songwriting, Production and Technology, Music Theory, Music Business, Performance.


Canadian Music Industry Training Centre
A training initiative spearheaded by the Manitoba Audio Recording Industry Association (MARIA), designed to empower independent musicians with the information necessary to make informed, self-guided decisions about their careers.


Shannon's Music School
An eight-week program of private online piano lessons with a qualified instructor is tailored to the age and ability of the student.


The Virtual School of Music
The Virtual School of Music encourages and teaches excellence in musicianship by providing music instruction to music students and music teachers via online course structures.


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Miscellaneous


L'Atelier du chanteur
Physical, breathing and vocal exercises, points of vocal technique, bibliography and other resources for singers and singing teachers.


Ateliers de création musicale
This Paris-based school offers courses in jazz, rock and pop, musical composition/scoring and concert and record production.


Band Teacher's Percussion Guide
Explains orchestral percussion and drum set techniques, provides marking schemes and guidelines for student evaluation, and features valuable articles and suggestions as to how teachers can most effectively incorporate percussion into their programmes.


Celtic Music Online
Information about the musicians, cultures, and history of Celtic music provided through a wide range of readings and listening assignments.

Connect For Education
Develops online music courses for universities and educational institutions around the world.


DANMAN's Music Library
Students learn by printing sheet music and tabs, then watching the accompanying video lessons and classes.


Essentials of Music
Provides an introduction to classical music with composer biographies, a glossary and a feature on eras in music history.


Le Grenier Musical
An educational music site including musical games, links, news, barter, ads, piano methods, courses, singing, reading, scores, quizzes and files.


Ibreathemusic.com
Professional music theory and lessons for guitar and other instruments through articles and forums. Subjects covered include improvisation, harmony, ear training and rhythm.


Music Appreciation Online Information
Provides a historical overview of the way music has developed in our culture. Learn about the elements and principles of music, including notation, rhythm, melody, harmony, colour, texture and form.


Pizzicato
Pizzicato is a brand of music notation software that allows you to write, play, record, print and publish your music.Pizzicato also includes several lessons about music composition and has tools to help you discover or practice composition.


Polyphonies
Provides a remote teaching service for music writing and composition, including: introduction to music writing, harmony, melody, counterpoint, development, music composition, musical analysis and orchestration.

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