Musical Composition Courses

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Producción Musical y su Efecto en la Composición

520 ratings at Coursera

Explore the intersection of music production and composition in this 7-week course from Berklee College of Music, guided by Latin Grammy® winner Enrique Gonzalez Müller.

• Coursera
• 19 hours 7 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Musical Composition for Short Films with Ableton Live

Learn how to create an original score by exploring the process of recording, editing, and syncing your music to a film

• Domestika
• 4 hours 8 minutes
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

English Composition I

19 reviews

Learn to read carefully, write effective arguments, engage with others' ideas, and craft powerful prose in this 10-week English Composition course from Duke University.

• Coursera
• 1 day 1 hour 19 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Creación musical con Soundcool: Introducción

8 reviews

Learn the basic concepts to be able to use the Soundcool system for music education and collaborative creation using mobile phones, tablets and Kinect.

• edX
• 5 weeks, 4-5 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

From Notation to Performance: Understanding Musical Scores

71 ratings at FutureLearn

Find out how musicians turn the notation of a musical score into a memorable performance. Change how you listen to music.

• FutureLearn
• 4 weeks, 3 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

AP® English Literature & Composition – Part 3: Plays

Enhance your reading and writing skills as you interpret and learn about plays in preparation for the AP® English Literature & Composition exam.

• edX
• 7 weeks, 4-5 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Write Like Mozart: An Introduction to Classical Music Composition

5 reviews

Learn classical music composition in 6 weeks. Explore harmonic progression, voice leading, and texture. Get creative within stylistic emulation.

• Coursera
• 15 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

University of Rochester

Fundamentals of Audio and Music Engineering: Part 1 Musical Sound & Electronics

5 reviews

Learn the basics of acoustics and electronics to understand musical sound and create music with electronic instruments. Offered by University of Rochester.

• Coursera
• 14 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Principles of Photo Composition and Digital Image Post-Production

1230 ratings at Coursera

Learn professional photo composition and digital image post-production techniques in a 4-week course from Michigan State University, featuring Adobe Lightroom training.

• Coursera
• 15 hours 52 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Understanding musical scores

4 ratings at OpenLearn

This free course, Understanding musical scores, provides a general introduction to how to understand a musical score, and insights into what professional musicians do with the notation that these ...

• OpenLearn
• 12 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate

Composition and improvisation in cross-cultural perspective

2 ratings at OpenLearn

Improvisation and composition are words frequently used in the western world to describe the creation of music. But are they really two distinct processes, or are they aspects of the same ...

• OpenLearn
• 20 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate

Creating musical sounds

Please note: This course contains several Flash activities which are no longer playable. These are being updated. This course can still be studied, but you may like to postpone your study for now...

• OpenLearn
• 20 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate

Producción musical y su efecto en la composición

Exploraremos cómo el proceso de producir música interactúa con los elementos de la composición de la música que se está produciendo

• edX
• 6 weeks, 3-5 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Teoria Musical

67 ratings at Coursera

Immerse in a 7-week course by Berklee College of Music, exploring basic music elements, ear training, and music notation, with a focus on Brazilian music culture.

• Coursera
• 17 hours 37 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

A tecnologia da produção musical

34 ratings at Coursera

Learn the process of music production, including recording, editing, and mixing, with Berklee College of Music's 6-week course. Explore tools for contemporary music creation.

• Coursera
• 17 hours 34 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)