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Music courses can help you learn music theory, composition techniques, audio production, and performance skills. You can build competencies in songwriting, arranging, and using digital audio workstations. Many courses introduce tools like MIDI software, recording equipment, and notation programs, allowing you to apply your skills in creating and producing music across various genres.


Popular Music Courses and Certifications


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    Berklee

    Musicianship: Tensions, Harmonic Function, and Modal Interchange

    Skills you'll gain: Musical Composition, Music, Music Theory, Music Performance

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Berklee

    Jazz Improvisation

    Skills you'll gain: Music Theory, Musical Composition, Music, Oral Expression, Storytelling, Music Performance

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    Berklee

    Creating Sounds for Electronic Music

    Skills you'll gain: Musical Composition, Music, Music Theory, Instrumental Music, Design Thinking, Electronic Media, Design Software, Creativity, System Requirements

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    GRAMMY GO

    What Does a Music Producer Do?

    Skills you'll gain: Music Theory, Musical Composition, Music, Instrumental Music, Media Production, Post-Production, Creativity, System Configuration

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Berklee

    Developing Your Musicianship

    Skills you'll gain: Music Theory, Music, Musical Composition, Instrumental Music, Music Performance

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Berklee

    Musicianship: Chord Charts, Diatonic Chords, and Minor Keys

    Skills you'll gain: Musical Composition, Music, Music Theory, Music Performance, Creativity

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Berklee

    Teoria Musical

    Skills you'll gain: Musical Composition, Music Theory, Music, World Music, Peer Review, Music History, Music Performance

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    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Yale University

    Music and Social Action

    Skills you'll gain: Aesthetics, Art History, Music History, Liberal Arts, Music, Social Sciences, Social Justice, Performing Arts, Pedagogy, Teaching, Public Affairs, Cultural Diversity, Community Development, Advocacy, Case Studies

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    Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    University of Rochester

    The Blues: Understanding and Performing an American Art Form

    Skills you'll gain: Instrumental Music, Music Theory, Musical Composition, Music, Music Performance, Music History

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    Berklee

    Electronic Music Performance Techniques

    Skills you'll gain: Music Performance, Musical Composition, Music Theory, Instrumental Music, Performing Arts, Music, Electronic Media

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    Rating, 4.2 out of 5 stars
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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    California Institute of the Arts

    Sharpened Visions: A Poetry Workshop

    Skills you'll gain: Editing, Peer Review, Music, Creativity

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    University of Colorado Boulder

    Fandom, Community, and Identity in Popular Music

    Skills you'll gain: Music, World Music, Case Studies, Culture, Sociology, Cultural Diversity, Research, Analysis, Performing Arts, Critical Thinking, Creativity, Media and Communications, Communication

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular music courses

  • Musicianship: Tensions, Harmonic Function, and Modal Interchange: Berklee
  • Jazz Improvisation: Berklee
  • Creating Sounds for Electronic Music: Berklee
  • What Does a Music Producer Do?: GRAMMY GO
  • Developing Your Musicianship: Berklee
  • Musicianship: Chord Charts, Diatonic Chords, and Minor Keys: Berklee
  • Teoria Musical: Berklee
  • Music and Social Action: Yale University
  • The Blues: Understanding and Performing an American Art Form: University of Rochester
  • Electronic Music Performance Techniques: Berklee

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