42 Affordable Short courses in Music
Musician's Professional Toolbox - Your Portfolio Career
Through this Musician's Professional Toolbox - Your Portfolio Career Specialization offered by Coursera in partnership with University of Colorado Boulder you'll assemble a suite of promotional materials and tools to support your music career.
Music Education for Teachers
In the Music Education for Teachers Specialization offered by Coursera in partnership with Berklee, you will explore ways of integrating popular music into your teaching.
The DIY Musician
By taking The DIY Musician Specialization offered by Coursera in partnership with Berklee, you’ll also work to develop an artist identity, vision, and brand for your music and learn how to run a successful crowdfunding campaign to fund your music career.
The Technology of Music Production
Each lesson of this The Technology of Music Production course offered by Coursera in partnership with Berklee will demonstrate a different set of music production tools, loosely following along the music production process of recording, editing, and mixing.
Music Business
This Music Business Specialization offered by Coursera in partnership with Berklee will give you the knowledge, both theoretical and practical, to launch your career in the music business as an artist, manager, agent, and/or producer.
Music Production
The Music Production Specialization offered by Coursera in partnership with Berklee will give you the knowledge and tools you need to record and produce professional sounding music.
Approaching Music Theory - Melodic Forms and Simple Harmony
This Approaching Music Theory - Melodic Forms and Simple Harmony course offered by Coursera in partnership with Coursera - Calarts is about how music works. It is about the relationship between the technical and aesthetic details of music.
North Indian Classical Music
Kadenze's North Indian Classical Music program aims to introduce this music tradition to any music motivated learner by combining theoretical and practical teaching approaches.
The Business of Music Production
In this The Business of Music Production Specialization offered by Coursera in partnership with Berklee, you’ll learn about the various roles in the music industry, how to read and decipher a recording contract, and how to protect your assets in the United States under US copyright law.
The Art of Music Production
The Art of Music Production course offered by Coursera in partnership with Berklee will teach you how to make emotionally moving recordings on almost any recording equipment, including your phone or laptop.
Complete Guitar Lessons System - Beginner to Advanced
Complete Guitar Lessons System - Beginner to Advanced from Udemy teachings are different than all of the other online teachers. He has made it super easy to be successful at playing guitar. All you have to do is follow the videos in order and put together some good practice habits.
The Singer Songwriter
Do you have a song in your heart that you want to share it with others? In The Singer Songwriter Specialization offered by Coursera in partnership with Berklee, you will learn all the skills you need to write, perform, and record your own original music.
Music Production Capstone
After successfully completing the three prior courses of the Music Production Specialization, this Music Production Capstone course offered by Coursera in partnership with Berklee experience is your chance to use your talent and accumulated knowledge to create and submit a finished, fully produced song.
Developing Your Musicianship
Develop your skills as a musician with this Developing Your Musicianship Specialization offered by Coursera in partnership with Berklee. Deepen your understanding of music theory to develop your skills as a musician.
Electronic Music Production
In the Electronic Music Production Specialization offered by Coursera in partnership with Berklee, you will learn the tricks of the trade to create high-quality, professional sounding music.
Pro Tools Basics
Producing music is an incredibly creative process, and knowing the tools of the trade is essential in order to transmit the musical ideas in your head into the DAW in a creative and uninhibited way. The Pro Tools Basics course offered by Coursera in partnership with Berklee is part of the Music Production Specialization.

Berlin - Music and Sound in the Digital Age
The Berlin - Music and Sound in the Digital Age course at Freie Universität Berlin will explore the relationship between aesthetic trends and technological developments with the focus on the cultural and economic conditions in Berlin.
Music Development Program - Early Years
This Music Development Programme - Early Years course from The Juilliard School is designed as a music enrichment class for preschool children aged 3 to 6 years to experience with their parents or caregivers.
Becoming a Better Music Teacher
Improve your teaching strategies and skills as a music teacher or vocal coach with this Becoming a Better Music Teacher course from ABRSM by FutureLearn.
Listening to Music
This Listening to Music course offered at the University of St Andrews helps you learn what to listen for in classical music.