Free music courses
43 music topics, each with a step-by-step guide and a free personalized course.
Play an instrument, sing, write songs or produce tracks. These guides cover strings, keys, brass and woodwinds, theory and ear training, and production in DAWs like Ableton Live and FL Studio. Each page sets out your first exercises and a realistic practice routine, and Learnr teaches the theory and reading side in short daily lessons.
Every music course
- Learn Music Theory: Understand how music works - notes, scales, chords, and harmony.
- Learn Guitar: Go from holding the guitar awkwardly to playing songs you actually like.
- Learn Piano: Learn to read music and play with both hands, one small lesson at a time.
- Learn Singing: Find your voice and sing with control, from first note to full song.
- Learn Drums: From your first rock beat to fills that land right on the one.
- Learn Violin: Build a steady bow arm and clean intonation from your very first note.
- Learn Ukulele: Four strings, a handful of chords, and real songs in your first weeks.
- Learn Bass Guitar: Lock in with the drummer and make the whole band feel good.
- Learn Cello: A warm, singing tone built on posture, bow weight and careful listening.
- Learn Saxophone: From your first squeak-free note to a warm, confident tone.
- Learn Flute: Turn breath into a clear, focused tone, one note at a time.
- Learn Trumpet: Buzz, breathe and play with a bright, clear tone that lasts the session.
- Learn Harmonica: Pocket-sized, bluesy and ready to play the moment you pick it up.
- Learn Music Production: Go from an empty project to a finished, mixed track.
- Learn DJing: Blend two tracks so smoothly the dance floor never notices the change.
- Learn Songwriting: Turn a line in your notes app into a finished song with a chorus that sticks.
- Learn Ear Training: Hear a melody or chord and know what it is, without guessing.
- Learn Sight-Reading: Play new music on the first read without stopping to decode every note.
- Learn Piano Chords: Build any chord from half steps, then move between them smoothly.
- Learn Jazz Piano: From shell voicings to swinging solos over real standards.
- Learn Guitar Chords: Read chord diagrams, get every note ringing, and change on the beat.
- Learn Fingerstyle Guitar: Bass, chords and melody at once, from one picking hand.
- Learn Classical Guitar: Nylon strings, notation and the right-hand strokes behind the repertoire.
- Learn Electric Guitar: Riffs, power chords and solos, with the amp as part of the instrument.
- Learn Banjo: Open G tuning, rolling picking patterns and tunes from the first week.
- Learn Mandolin: Four pairs of strings tuned in fifths, from chop chords to fiddle tunes.
- Learn Accordion: Bellows, buttons and keys working together, one hand at a time.
- Learn Clarinet: Assemble it, form the embouchure, and get cleanly over the break.
- Learn Trombone: Seven slide positions, a relaxed buzz and the partials in between.
- Learn French Horn: Hand in the bell, ears on the partials, and a warm, centered tone.
- Learn Harp: Find C by its color, place ahead, and let the strings ring.
- Learn Bagpipes: Start on the practice chanter, master the gracenotes, then the full pipes.
- Learn Beatboxing: Kick, hi-hat and snare from your mouth, then whole beats on a loop.
- Learn Rapping: Count the bars, find the pocket, and write verses that hit.
- Learn Music Composition: Turn a four-note idea into a finished piece with a clear shape.
- Learn Jazz: Hear it, swing it, and start improvising on any instrument.
- Learn Music History: From plainchant to hip hop, through the ears as much as the dates.
- Learn Ableton Live: Clips in Session View, songs in Arrangement View, and the workflow between.
- Learn FL Studio: Patterns in the Channel Rack, melodies in the Piano Roll, songs in the Playlist.
- Learn Logic Pro: Record, program, edit and mix full songs in Apple's pro DAW.
- Learn GarageBand: Loops, Drummer and recording on the Apple devices you already have.
- Learn Mixing and Mastering: Balance a mix, then prepare it to sound right everywhere.
- Learn Audio Engineering: From microphone to finished file, understand every link in the chain.
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