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And now that includes music! AND NOW it’s all FREE from your local library.

If you’ve ever wanted to pick up the piano or keyboard as an instrument, this is the path for you! You begin with the basics of keyboard-based instruments and then expand your knowledge with courses in jazz improvisation and songwriting techniques.

Classes included:

Beginning Blues Piano

Piano Fundamentals

Jazz Piano

Seating Position and Proper Hand Technique

The Keyboard

Proper Posture

Melodic Intervals

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Learn how to play guitar at your own pace. These easy-to-follow videos features examples in TAB and standard music notation, and hands-on instruction by guitar virtuoso Jared Meeker. You’ll learn how to hold the instrument, play with a pick, count time, read music, and play simple chords. After mastering these basics, you’ll be introduced to fingerpicking, barre chords, improvisation, music theory, and a variety of styles, including blues, rock, country, and folk. Beginning Acoustic Guitar is a must-have for anyone serious about starting to learn acoustic guitar.

Classes included:

Acoustic Guitar

Rock Electric Guitar

Bass Guitar

Blues Guitar

Bluegrass Guitar

Modern Celtic Rhythm Guitar

Picking, Fretting, & Chords

Theory for the Contemporary Guitarist

Tuning the Guitar

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Learn how to play the drums using popular drum beats and fills played by some of the best drummers on some of the world’s most famous songs. This collection combines the entire three-level series On the Beaten Path—the acclaimed method that teaches you how to play drums using carefully selected legendary beats from the songs that shaped modern music. The initial chapters start you off with a wide selection of basic rock beats and fills by drummers including John Bonham (Led Zeppelin), Tré Cool (Green Day), Dave Grohl (Nirvana), and many more. Next, expand your drum vocabulary with dozens of blues and jazz beats and fills by drummers—including Chris Layton (Stevie Ray Vaughan), Max Roach (Miles Davis), Buddy Rich, and many more—to unlock the coordination and syncopation skills that you need to master. Then fortify your drumming knowledge with reggae, country, funk, and Latin beats by legendary drummers including Carlton Barrett (Bob Marley), Joseph “Zigaboo” Modeliste (The Meters), and many more. Award-winning instructor Rich Lackowski weaves in concepts like time and tempo manipulation, time signature, and a ton of key drumming tools.

By the time you complete this course, you’ll understand all the essentials of being a good drummer: from reading and writing music to playing with healthy technique to keep you drumming for a lifetime—along with a well-rounded vocabulary of over 140 famous beats and fills that you can use to create your own music and start playing in bands.

Classes included:

Drum Set Lessons

Electric Drums

Snare Drums

Kick Drums

Cymbals Setup

Drum Machines

Organizing Your Drums

Parts of the Drum

How Small Rooms Affect Drums

Tuning Your Drum

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Learn how to play banjo with United States Artists Friends Fellow and multi-Grammy nominee Tony Trischka. Learn at your own pace from the comfort of your home, or anywhere else you can carry your instrument and your learning device. This 4-part definitive video library includes hundreds of banjo lessons and performances, plus banjo tabs, backing tracks, and other study materials. Part 1 covers the fundamentals: holding a banjo, tuning a banjo, reading music, and positioning your right and left hands. Tony covers some simple finger picking and thumb rolls, and introduces exercises to help strengthen your fingers and play some simple tunes. Plus, learn the classic bluegrass songs that any banjo player needs to know, such as “Sourwood Mountain” and “Wildwood Flower.”

Classes included:

Banjo Fundamentals
Hammer-Ons and Pull-Offs
Shelton Roll
Osborne Roll
Fancier Backup
Improvisation and Melodic Styles
Holding the Banjo
Hitting the Head with the Picks
Using the Capo
Finger Picks

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Take mandolin lessons online and learn at your own pace. Mike Marshall—founder of Mandolin Symposium, Grammy nominee, and founding member of the David Grisman Quintet—teaches the fundamentals of bluegrass, classical, and Brazilian mandolin. This four-part comprehensive video library includes hundreds of online mandolin lessons, plus exclusive performances, special guest interviews, and study materials such as tab and audio samples. Part 1 covers basics such as holding and tuning a mandolin, positioning your hands and fingers, and playing simple chords. Mike also covers a bit of music theory and techniques like chops and picking, so you can start to play the mandolin in more modern arrangements. Plus, learn to play some simple tunes, including classics such as “Hand Me Down My Walking Cane” and “Wabash Cannonball,” that will keep you motivated on your journey to mandolin mastery.

Classes included:
Mandolin Fundamentals
Tuning Your Mandolin
Bluegrass Chop Chords
Down and Up Picking Basics
Final Finger Buster
Scales with Four Fingers

Learn how to sing. Explore major concepts and terminology that can help you get started as a vocalist, learn how to use a piano to find the right key, and more.

Classes included:
Singing Fundamentals
Using the Melody
Vibrato
Improving Breath Management
Riffs and Licks
Head Voice, Chest Voice
Yoga for Singers

Learn how to turn a demo recording to a fully mastered song with Grammy-winning writer/producer/mixer Scott Jacoby. These simple, memorable, and practical techniques cover the production process from beginning to end, introducing not just the how, but the why—the philosophies and concepts—behind great audio engineering. You’ll understand how to choose the right song for recording, select a tempo and key, and lay down tracks with both real and virtual instruments and vocals. Scott then takes you into post, where the editing, mixing, and mastering magic happens. The techniques are demonstrated in Pro Tools, but you can follow along in any one of your favorite DAWs. By the end, you’ll have the skills you need to record, edit, and mix a complete song.

Classes included:
Techniques and Concepts
Audio Mixing Master Class
Vocal Production Techniques
GarageBand Essential Training
Logic Pro: Producing Electronic Music
Mixing Techniques for Pop & Hip Hop
Mixing an EDM Track
Making Beats

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