20 Best Instrument Performance MOOC / Non-credit Programs Online
We compared 20 Instrument Performance courses currently listed on Coursera and Udemy, priced from $19.99 to $199.99. 1 comes from a named university or institution, including Curtis Institute of Music. They are ordered by our CourseAsk score, which is built from how thoroughly each course describes what it teaches, whether it comes from a named institution, and how it compares on price — not from star ratings, which our course data does not include.
- Courses compared
- 20
- Price range
- $19.99 – $199.99
- Providers
- Coursera, Udemy
- Last updated
- 18 Sep 2026
How these 20 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, Udemy, matched to "Instrument Performance" by our catalog and ordered by our CourseAsk score. Courses whose own title names the topic rank above those only tagged with it.
The grade on each entry scores how much the provider publishes about the course before you pay — the length and detail of the description, whether it lists learning outcomes and objectives — and whether a named university or institution stands behind it. A is fully documented and institution-backed; E is little more than a title and a price. Courses with almost nothing published are left ungraded rather than marked down, because an unknown course and a poor one are not the same thing.
There are no star ratings on this page — the course feeds we license do not include them, and we would rather leave a column out than fill it with a number we cannot stand behind. What we do have is price: these range from $19.99 to $199.99, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Exploring Beethoven's Piano Sonatas Part 4
Offered by Curtis Institute of Music
Please join us for Part 4 of Exploring Beethoven's Piano Sonatas course, taught by Curtis faculty member and extraordinary concert artist, Jonathan Biss. This course is new and contains separate sets of lectures and sona...
$49.00listed price -
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Piano Techniques for Modern Music
Offered by Berklee
If you have always dreamed of playing the piano or keyboard but did not know where to start, this is the course for you. This course will take you through the fundamental skills necessary to build your playing capability...
$49.00listed price -
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Fingerstyle Guitar STEP BY STEP: Learn Songs & Arrangements
Learning is a process of taking the impossible and making it possible, this 13-hour course is like many private lessons. If you’ll follow closely, and play slowly, again and again, the movements will eventually get into...
$199.99listed price -
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CRASH COURSE IN SCALES: over 55 scales and modes for guitar
Scales are the foundation of music and can be found in every known culture. With all styles of modern music, scales are the heartbeat, breath and soul of the guitar solo, the guitar riff and even the vocal melody! This v...
$19.99listed price -
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How To Play Guzheng: Vol.3 – New Techniques & Songs
How To Play Guzheng: Vol.3 – Expanding Techniques and RepertoireContinue your musical growth with How To Play Guzheng: Vol.3 (available on Amazon).This course is designed for learners who have completed Vol.2 or already...
$199.99listed price -
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Beginner's Christmas Easy Piano: Learn Festive Songs Now!
Welcome to "Beginner's Christmas Easy Piano: Learn Festive Songs Now!" This course is tailored for everyone who loves holiday music, whether you're taking your first steps with the piano or have some knowledge. We're her...
$24.99listed price -
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Guzheng Vol 8: Five Elements Index & Thumb for Beginners
Discover Guzheng as Both Instrument and Mirror — Vol 8 of the Guzheng Foundation SeriesStruggling with weak thumb, stiff index finger, or tension when you play guzheng? This is Vol 8 in our Guzheng Foundation Series — a...
$54.99listed price -
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Harmonica MASTERCLASS: 27 cool ways to improve your TONE!
INSTANT HARMONICA – play better now by building your tone. Tone is the holy grail of any instrument and we will explore 27 ways to improve your tone. If you have a tune or subject that you would like me to teach please m...
$74.99listed price -
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18 Ways to Spice-Up Your Guitar Cover Songs
A few questions for you:- What would it feel like, if you knew that ANY songs that you would choose to play on the guitar - would just sound beautiful, personal, and expressive out of your own hands?- Expressive and even...
$49.99listed price -
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#11 Play Piano Trick: Tips To Walk the Bass Effortlessly
This Walking BASS is for LATE BEGINNERS who want to SPLASH Walking basses easily to songs!In this course, we will concentrate on how to create walking basses in "Jingle Bell Rock" so that you can do them to other songs e...
$189.99listed price -
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Turbocharged Country Guitar Licks
Welcome to Turbocharged Country Guitar Licks. These aint your daddy's country guitar licks.When I was growing up, I was a fan of Licks Videos (back then they were on VHS tapes). I figured if I was able to get at least on...
$49.99listed price -
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Learn bluegrass harmonica; Orange Blossom Special, easy fun!
Bluegrass Harmonica for you!Learn The Orange Blossom Special the easy way. All the parts demystified and tricks revealed - including the harp swapping technique.I'll give you all the tab and many backing tracks.Have you...
$74.99listed price -
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Blues Rock Masters Inspired Series-Modern & Classic Volume 2
This is Volume 2 of 4 in our "Blues Rock Masters Series - Modern & Classic". This is in depth study & analysis of the playing styles of the greatest blues and blues rock guitarists of all time. Learn the techniqu...
$19.99listed price -
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Cory Henry Gospel Piano Chord Progressions 9-In-1 Course
Looking for modern piano courses? Ever wanted to master gospel Piano keyboard chords? Do you need easy piano keyboard lessons to improve your piano skills? Don't fancy years of learning how to read music? Why not try my...
$29.99listed price -
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Keyboard for Electronic Music - Level 2
What is this course?This is the level 2 course of “Keyboard for Electronic Music”!This course purpose is to allow any DJ or Music Producer to acquire the skills of playing the keyboard.If you took the first course (or yo...
$39.99listed price -
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Play Piano by Ear Today! SuperCourse
Have you ever wanted to play Piano, but didn’t think you have the time or didn’t want to waste YEARS of your life taking private lessons just to play Beethoven and stuff you don’t even listen to?What you really need is a...
$199.99listed price -
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L'ABC du SAX!
Bonjour à tous, et bienvenue sur ce cours intitulé "L’ABC du SAX"!Mon nom est Laurent, (de LaurentBarbiermusic), et je vais vous guider dans vos premiers pas dans le monde du Saxophone. Au cours de ce module, nous cou...
$19.99listed price -
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Spanish Flamenco Guitar Technique - ALZAPÚA Level 1 (Soleá)
Spanish Flamenco Guitar Technique - ALZAPÚA Level 1 (por Soleá)Beginner Flamenco Guitarist's Technique Toolbox: Spotlight on ALZAPÚA (Step-by-Step Technique Development)~YOU can learn one of the most ICONIC techniques us...
$74.99listed price -
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La guitare un peu plus loin
(english subtitles available) Pour guitaristes intermédiaires/avancés ayant déjà des connaissances en harmonie. Ce cours en 5 sessions présente et explore différentes techniques, approches musicales et pistes de tr...
$24.99listed price -
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Piano Performance level 1
Hello,If you don't know how to read notes, this is not for you!This course is for those who want to learn piano in a professional way, get fluent with the notation and develop finger strength and independence.This course...
$29.99listed price
Best Instrument Performance MOOC / Non-credit Programs Online compared
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What the prices here tell you
The 20 priced courses on this page run from $19.99 to $199.99, with the middle of the range around $49.99 — a spread of $180.00. That is a wide gap for one subject. A higher price on this page usually reflects who is behind the course rather than how much material it contains, so it is worth opening two or three at different price points and comparing their syllabus before deciding.
Who is behind these courses
These courses come from Coursera and Udemy. The platforms differ in how they sell: some charge once per course, others expect a subscription, and the listed price is not always what you pay at checkout after a promotion. 1 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including Curtis Institute of Music — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.
Before you enrol
Open the provider’s own page and check three things this comparison cannot tell you: when the course was last updated, what the syllabus actually covers in its later sections, and what recent learners say. Prices shown here are the provider’s listed price when we last rebuilt this page on 18 September 2026 — they change often, and a promotion can move them substantially. We earn a commission if you enrol through our links, which costs you nothing and never affects the order courses appear in.