Music: The Great Courses

The Great Courses offers a series of video classes as follows for aspiring musicians

Learning to Play Guitar: Chords, Scales, and Solo: go from zero to guitar hero in 25 lessons, including:

• Guitar basics: play a song in 60 seconds
• Learning how to practice the guitar
• Playing rhythm guitar
• Playing with natural harmonics

How to Play Piano: learn to tickle the ivories and awaken your inner Beethoven over 36 lessons, including:

• Basic piano fingering and rhythm
• Pitch and off-staff notation
• Primary chords
• Major chords and simple accompaniment
• Sight reading and technique

How to Sing: Think you can’t carry a tune? Prove yourself wrong with 24 lessons which include the following themes and topics:

• Anyone can sing
• Vocal Warm-Ups
• Aligning the spine
• Your Voice Type
• Maximizing Your Vocal Range

The Great Courses also has a great selection of music information and appreciation courses for you to enjoy, such as:

• The 23 Greatest Solo Piano Works: Explore the greatest solo works written for piano.
• The Great Works of Sacred Music: Discover the masterworks of the sacred music tradition, from early church music to the modern era.
• Music and the Brain: Explore the neuroscience of music.
• America's Musical Heritage: Learn about more than 200 years of musical sounds and styles.
• Great Music of the 20th Century: Travel into the lives of the great 20th-century composers and immerse yourself in the era's musical masterworks.
• Music as a Mirror of History: Discover how great works of music have interacted with historical events.
• Other courses also include lectures on music such as Celtic Music and Dance from The Celtic World and Scoring the Story: Music in Film in How to View and Appreciate Great Movies

Each of the Great Courses is taught by experts in their field, and includes a supplementary guide book. You can play, pause, and review information as often as you like. You can access as many courses as you want to for 7 days. After 7 days, simply log in again and get another 7 day’s access.

You can find The Great Courses on the Libby app via the Extras link or install it on your device from Google Play - Android or iTunes - iOS.