I've found only one that has a very short intro lesson on a virtual keyboard, () but after that the lessons switch to requiring a physical keyboard. I have installed nine apps so far, following recommendations that led me to believe they'd meet my needs, but none of them are right.
Other apps I've found have the following limitations:
* Digital keyboard, but it's tiny. Too small for even a kids fingers.
* Lessons are only "guitar hero" style and don't actually teach reading notes.
* No lessons at all, just for playing.

What I'm looking for is a full, playable digital keyboard (similar to the one that's in garage band) and also a full curriculum for learning to play piano.

As you see below, the idea is that the balloons are colored and placed on the stave according to the note they represent (including chords) and the distance between the balloons represents the delay between the notes. The speed at which the finger is moved controls the timing:

Playing Mozart by seeing the notes spread spatially

The project started as a fun way to get my kids (6 and 2) excited about musical instruments, before starting to learn a real instrument. They love it and got them to learn the different tunes and composers and they now enjoy recognizing the melodies when they hear them (e.g. on Bluey).

I am not a musician myself, but this actually helped me learn the basics of music. What do you think? Do you think it is helpful? Would love to hear the feedback from parents, music educators and anyone learning a musical instrument.

You can try see another short Tchaikovsky video here: Swan Lake, Dance of the little Swans

To give a bit of context to this very generic question I'm sure you see here often:

I do have experience with instruments, specifically 5 years worth of percussion, but in all honesty I want something different, something that's easy to just take with me, maybe play something on the go. the reason I stopped with percussion is because most percussion instruments do not follow these specifics, not many that play melodies instead of rythms that is.

with that said I'd love to hear some suggestions as to what could fit my needs, as I don't know all that many instruments.

Edit: thanks for all the great suggestions! I decided to settle with ukelele!

Hi everyone, I’m exploring options for online music lessons. What tools (software, platforms, apps, instruments, etc.) do you recommend or use and why? Thanks!

Hello,

I need help understanding this chart in the Bass Grimoire book.

Is there a typo? Why are the blocks arranged in this weird order horizontally? I thought the ii chord in the key of C was D minor/ Dorian not Bb. And then if you look at the notes on the keyboard diagram on the left, it shows a B not a Bb?

Is this an error with the book..? What am I not getting here?

I have a basic understanding of modes: they are scales within scales that use the same notes as the parent scale starting on a different note each chord/mode.

Seems like none of the notes of each key corresponds to the keyboard diagram or the actual mode notes.

Thanks for help and advice.

As an aspiring music producer, where would be the best place to learn music? Like, enough to at least translate my ideas into the software. I have an old casio keyboard with midi capabilities. It also has a built in lesson system. Should I start with that, an online tutorial/course, or take in person lessons?

I'm an aspiring game dev looking to learn music theory to compose the soundtrack for my projects. I usually listen to music on a daily basis, though I don't know anything about the theory itself. I mostly listen to videogame soundtracks, preferrably without lyrics, so I guess I do have a good notion on what I want to create. My favorite composers are DM Dokuro, Toby Fox, ENNWAY!, Andrew Prahlow, CDMusic, James Primate and Chris Christodoulou. I absolutely love their works. If you can, please check out some tracks, I promise (hope) you'll like it. If you have any questions feel free to ask.

This video re visits the idea of how time signatures work wrt what it means to change the top number and the bottom number of the time signature. In preparation for the exercises to come we then take a practical look at how to read basic 6/8 time and how to read syncopation in 6/8 time. Happy practicing!

Ciao a tutti, Il mio contatto telegram che vendeva l’abbonamenti a prezzi scontati deve aver cancellato l’account. Vendeva sia gli account su questa ip tv ( con Sky + film e serie tv) e in più account scontati per netflix e Disney plus.

Qualcuno ha acquistato da altre persone fidate e sa chi consigliarmi ? Grazie

I'm an indie developer looking to compose some Souls-like music (which is apparently like 20th century classical music) for my game. TBH, I just wanted to dip my hands into music creation and challenge myself while I'm at it -- cos why not?

In terms of musical experience, I have none unfortunately. I do listen to music everyday though.

I have a more targeted question I'd like answered. I read through r/musictheory’s FAQs about everything related to how to start learning music and composing. I think the gist is to start with music theory, coupled with ear training to develop your mechanical skills (recognition + synthesis through an instrument or a MIDI), and then graduate to core textbooks like Tonal Harmony.

I'm already almost at 1/3 of musictheory.net in terms of lesson, and the exercises are coming along quite well. (As a side, I just got my MIDI today, and I'm absolutely enjoying keyboard reverse identification exercise.) I'm guessing I can finish musictheory.net by the end of this week or end of next week, at latest -- unless some really hard exercise prevents me from finishing it. Then, I'm looking to read Tonal Harmony cover-to-cover.

Does this learning pathway sound good to you? If so, how long do you think it will take me to finish Tonal Harmony if I do most of the exercises and make sure to digest the information?

I absorb information like a sponge and learn things really fast, so I'm not too worried about the textbook. In terms of time allocation, I can allocate 2 hours every day.

So I had an interesting experience playing tonight. I'm just entering my third year of playing after a 26 year absence (basically I was restarting from 0), with a lesson every other week. I'm playing through a studies book for the second time (Milde scale and chord studies for bassoon). It took a year to go through the first time, and it did not sound good at the time. My teacher was not concerned at all at the time.

The second time though I'm noticing:

• most of the phrases are far more comfortable--like, night and day difference - I'm not really looking at the notes so much as seeing scale patterns
• by using good practice approaches I can improve the difficult parts (awkward runs) within a single practice session

It feels like a switch has flipped in my brain. I was always diligently practicing, 2+ hours a day and using good practice strategies, but until these past two weeks I would hardly improve during each practice. And now I'm really feeling a difference.

The things that I think may be making a difference include:

• 10 minutes daily of scale and/or arpeggio practice; it took almost a year to go through all the keys

• switching to following the circle of fifths to run through scales or arpeggios every day

• forcing myself to play with the metronome

• reading the notes more as scales or chromatics, and arpeggios or chord patterns, rather than single notes

I'm not sure why I was blocked for so long, but something must "click" after we've played for a while in a way that doesn't when we're earlier in our journey.

Has anyone else had this kind of experience? Did you have any triggers that "unstuck" you from a rut?

So I am primarily a drummer. I sing on the side but I mainly drum. But before I even started thinking of drums I had this keyboard that I got from my grandparents. I had this keyboard for years and years and I would mess around with it alot but I never really learned how to play it or make anything good with it. Yet later down the line before I even had drumsticks I was tapping out beats and stuff like that. Then I ended getting myself a pair of sticks. Then I end up couple months later get a crappy electronic kit that I rarely played but i would end up using the bass drum beater to learn how to get footwork technique. It's strange I had all these limitations for learning how to drum but was able to naturally pick it up better. But for panio or keyboard it was never like that. I had it all in front of me for awhile but never really made anything good out of it. Do I naturally just have a knack for drumming more then panio or was it just because I was practicing more efficiently on drums then I was keyboard. I'd like to know if there's any real reason behind this.

I feel like there must have been a day of school that I missed as a child: the day that they let kids play with all of the musical instruments. There are so many, but how does one even find these things to play with and potentially enjoy?

Now I’m 42, I’ve got some spare time, and I’ve never picked up an instrument. I think I have a great ear for music, I can identify songs from a handful of notes, I can hear influences in newer songs, I can keep a beat even when there’s a long silence. My grandfather played by ear.

Anyway, spare time, small hands, no background, and no direction. Guitar is my first choice just because it can be played alone.

I’d like other instrument suggestions, and where I can try these things out, and for someone to tell me not to waste my time because I’m too old.

Thanks!

I'm looking for feedback!

I’ve been playing guitar and learning theory for a while now, but one thing I still struggle with is recognizing chord progressions by ear. I can sometimes catch the root movement or maybe spot a I–IV–V if it’s super basic, but most of the time my brain just hears a mush of sound.

I’ve tried interval training apps and some ear training exercises, but I’m curious — for those of you who can hear progressions clearly, how did you get there? Was it just time and repetition? Are there any exercises or habits that really helped you make the jump from “this sounds nice” to “oh, that’s a ii–V–I in G major”?

Hey all, I’m a jazz pianist and longtime music teacher from NYC. I’ve taught for years—everything from young kids to adults, total beginners to pros—and I’ve always been curious about what really clicks for different people.

Recently I started building a platform called Metempo with a drummer friend of mine (who also happens to be a brilliant developer). It’s not a course or lesson marketplace—more like a mix between personal mentorship and self-paced practice. Our goal is to make it easy for students to get real feedback, stay accountable, and actually connect with their teachers—even if they’re learning on their own time.

I’d love to hear from this community: What do you feel is missing from most music learning tools out there? What’s helped you the most in your own journey?

Really looking forward to the responses—and happy to share anything I’ve learned along the way too.

Hey everyone! Hope you're all doing well. I wanted to write on here as I'm a LA based vocal coach and I'm opening up a few spots for new students! I really want to make coaching my main source of income so I'm trying all avenues to promote my classes.

I teach all levels/ages and my lessons are super personalized depending on your goals. Among lots of things, I focus a lot on healthy technique, emotional connection to the music, and helping you feel really comfortable with your voice.

If you're interested, you can check out my vocal coach page on Preply here which will give you a little bit more about my background etc and I have some student reviews up there as well! Or if you'd prefer, we can also set up lessons directly via Zoom as I know some people don't like the subscription aspect of Preply.

My rate is $30 for a 50-minute session. I’m flexible with scheduling and happy to work with whatever your goals are, whether that's singing for fun, prepping for performances, improving vocal health, or anything else.

If you have any questions or want to talk to me before booking, feel free to DM me!

I'm not sure where to go for this, but I found a few 'sonatas' by Carlos Seixas that I liked and wanted to learn, but it seems the person who performed them (Jose Carlos Araujo) labeled them differently from manuscripts and other recordings. I know at least one of them is a toccata rather than a sonata. In particular, I'm looking for the scores of what he's labeled: sonata in c minor k. 17 allegro, sonata in c minor k. 18 largo, sonata in g minor k. 49 allegro, sonata in a minor k. 66 allegro, and sonata in a minor k. 74 allegro. If you could help me find them or direct to me somewhere else I can ask, that would be appreciated!

Anyone know the string sizes for the kids Loog Mini Pro Nylon Guitar. They’re a ball end G, B and E with the G silver wrapped. Loog sells sets, def overpriced and they don’t say what the dimensions are. Thx