15 Best Music Theory Courses for Beginners
We compared 15 Music Theory courses currently listed on Udemy, edX and Coursera, priced from $19.99 to $199.99. 2 come from a named university or institution, including Berklee College of Music and University of Rochester. 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
- 15
- Price range
- $19.99 – $199.99
- Providers
- Udemy, edX, Coursera
- Last updated
- 18 Sep 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Udemy, edX, Coursera, matched to "music theory" 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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Music Theory Classroom: Fundamentals of Melody and Harmony 1
Music Theory Classroom is a four-course, one- to two-year music theory curriculum designed for high-school and homeschool students. It covers the material studied by music majors in the first one to two years of college,...
$34.99listed price -
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Music Theory Classroom: Fundamentals of Rhythm 2
Part 2 of the Fundamentals of Rhythm builds on the basics covered in the first part and pushes into more complex rhythmic structures. It expects you to already be comfortable with basic note values, rests, and simple tim...
$34.99listed price -
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Introduction To Music Theory
Offered by Berklee College of Music
Learn key concepts and approaches needed to understand, create, and perform contemporary music.
$59.00listed 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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21 Day Easy Rock and Blues Beginners Guitar Course
The 21 Steps Beginner Guitar Course is suitable for everyone. It works on for electric and acoustic guitar and has all you need to start learning guitar. With elements of Rock, Blues and Pop Music, Rhythm Guitar, Lead Gu...
$119.99listed price -
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Play Piano To-day! - Beginner Piano Lessons For Busy People!
Piano for Busy People is for all of you who would love to play the piano but think that you don’t have time. For those of you in stressful jobs, with young children, with family commitments, with too many jobs to do – a...
$99.99listed price -
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Ukulele for Beginner's-Learn 10 Easy Songs. Great for Kids!
Hi. If you are looking for a beginner ukulele course with clear, easy, step by step instructions that will get you playing and singing songs on the ukulele as quickly as possible, this course is for you!In this course yo...
$34.99listed price -
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Flute Lessons For Beginners
This is the perfect place to start for beginner flute players! Take all the guess work out of how and what to practice. This program comes with specially designed practice videos for each lesson. Learn To Play The Flute...
$94.99listed price -
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Fundamentals of Audio and Music Engineering: Part 1 Musical Sound & Electronics
Offered by University of Rochester
In this course students learn the basic concepts of acoustics and electronics and how they can applied to understand musical sound and make music with electronic instruments. Topics include: sound waves, musical sound, b...
$49.00listed price -
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Super Easy Bite-Sized Melodies for Piano Beginners
Super Easy Bite-Sized Melodies for Piano Beginners - The Best Course for BeginnersWARNING: This course was developed for beginners musicians. You will learn easy songs, chords, and techniques to develop your skills...
$19.99listed price -
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Learn to play the Shakuhachi Beginners 3/ Intermediate
With this course, you can play with a more robust sound. You will need to practice and make sure to practice Ro Buki (playing the note Ro for as long as you can) every day to work thoroughly on breath and embouchure to b...
$74.99listed price -
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Piano Lessons For The Absolute Beginner
Most people give up on Piano lessons because they are intimidated by all the notes and they immediately think its impossible to learn! That idea is truly wrong! The Piano honestly isn't as hard as people say and surely n...
$19.99listed price -
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Piano Unbound. Piano learning method, a course for beginners
I am writing this course hoping to expose the newly-excited, first-time student to a musical world far, far larger than that taught in traditional courses, unbound by the rigors of analytic note-learning and theory notio...
$189.99listed price -
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Complete Cubase Mastery - from Beginner to Pro in any Genre
From your first tracks to advanced mixing plugins and beyond in Cubase 14, 13, 12, 11, or 10.From beginner to PRO in weeks.14+ hours easy to follow video content packed with insights and practical examplesLifetime-access...
$199.99listed price -
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Bouzouki Lessons for Beginners
Unlock the soulful magic of the Bouzouki with our meticulously crafted Bouzouki Lessons for Beginners course! Whether you're a complete novice or have dabbled in music before, this comprehensive program is your gateway t...
$19.99listed price
Best Music Theory Courses for Beginners compared
Prices shown are the provider's listed price when we last updated this page. Confirm on their site before enrolling.
What the prices here tell you
The 15 priced courses on this page run from $19.99 to $199.99, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — 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 Udemy, edX and Coursera. 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. 2 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including Berklee College of Music and University of Rochester — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.
Before you enrol
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