Are you ready to start playing the violin? This online course will set you up for success! You’ll learn how to develop the right habits to ensure that you’re building your skills on a solid foundation. We’ll cover important violin basics for beginners such as reading music, how to properly hold the instrument, left hand technique, and bowing.

You’ll also learn warm up exercises, beginner melodies, and a few important scales. Put each of these fundamental skills together and you’ll be playing your favorite songs in no time! Here are some more of the topics you’ll cover in this fun and interactive, group class. Join today to quickly expand your knowledge of violin techniques.

What You’ll Learn

• Proper posture while playing the violin
• Correct bowing and left hand technique
• Fingered notes and simple melodies
• Important scales on the violin
• Basic music theory concepts

The piano is a classic, versatile instrument that anyone can learn how to play. You don’t have to be a particular age or gender to play the piano, nor do you need any musical background – all you need is patience, determination, and motivation. If you have strong focus and self-discipline, you may be able to teach yourself how to play the piano. However, you’ll typically progress much faster if you have a teacher to help guide you and focus your learning.

In this course designed for beginners, we’ll help you set up a solid foundation that will help you get the most out of learning piano quickly and easily! The course covers basic posture, hand placement, time signatures, key signatures, and the basics for rhythm reading. The course is structured in a way that helps you get comfortable with your keyboard first, then follows with the beginning steps you’ll need in order to learn songs and practice effectively.

On top of wondering, “How do you play the drums?” you may be asking questions like, “What are some easy drum songs?” or, “How can I learn to play with a band?” This guide will get you pointed in the right direction!

Like most tasks in life, the first steps are often the most challenging. Just by finding this guide, you’ve demonstrated that you have an interest in playing the drums and a determination to learn more about them. Your enthusiasm for the drum set will be what motivates you to put in the practice and reach your full potential as a drummer, even if you’ve never touched a pair of sticks before.

In this course, we’ll break down simple drum exercises for beginners along with the basic information to get started. This will give you the solid foundation you need to have the best possible drumming experience.

All-in-one Guitar Course With a Proven Step-by-step Learning System.

What you’ll learn

• New to Guitar? This Will be the Only Course You Will Ever Need to Take
• Have You Playing the Guitar in the Shortest Amount of Time While Having the Most Fun
• Most Logical Step-by-step Method to Play Songs and Master Chords, Scales and Guitar Theory
• Exercises That Will Sharpen Your Chord Transitioning, Strumming, Fretting, Picking, and Fingerpicking

Requirements

• No Special Skills Needed
• You Will Need a Guitar
• Practice Can Not Be Avoided

Open Yale Courses provide free and open access to a selection of introductory courses taught by distinguished teachers and scholars at Yale University. The aim of the project is to expand access to educational materials for all who wish to learn.

The online Open Yale Courses are designed for a wide range of people around the world, among them self-directed and life-long learners, educators, and high school and college students.

Open Yale Courses is supported by a grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation in Menlo Park, CA.