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A new round of free music classes are starting at Coursera. Click on a class link to learn more about a class. Many forum members have taken one or more of these classes and can attest the classes are worth taking. You can also create a full listing of music related classes (24 total) by searching in just the Music, Film and Audio category on the Coursera Search Page Jazz Improvisation with Gary Burton – 5 weeks starting January 27th Introduction to Guitar with Thaddeus Hogarth – 6 weeks starting January 27th Songwriting with Pat Pattison – 6 weeks starting January 27th Introduction To Music Production with Loudon Stearns – 6 weeks starting January 27th Fundamentals of Audio and Music Engineer... and Mark Bocko– 6 weeks starting February 3rd
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I've been through 3 of them, each teaching me something new and or pushing me to learn more deeply something I thought I already knew.
Great classes each in their own right.
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Hi Jim I have done the songwriting and the music production. Got half way through the jazz improvisation before deciding it was way beyond my musical abilities at this stage of my development. Thoroughly enjoyed all 2 and a half of them.
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I signed up again.... for the writing class... last time I didn't have the time to really do the class.... perhaps this time I will.
You can find my music at: www.herbhartley.comAdd nothing that adds nothing to the music. You can make excuses or you can make progress but not both. The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding.
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Herb,
You can download all of the videos and keep them. I have mine backed up on a DVD. I'll be going back to them until they are part of my way of working.
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I took Professor Pat Pattison's Songwriting Course last go-round and thought he's a fabulous teacher and a magnetic personality.
Lesson #1 taught me a lot of the basics that had alluded me before.
I recommend it to songwriters and lyricists all levels.
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I took Professor Pat Pattison's Songwriting Course last go-round and thought he's a fabulous teacher and a magnetic personality.
Lesson #1 taught me a lot of the basics that had alluded me before.
I recommend it to songwriters and lyricists all levels. And it's free and worth thousands and perhaps tens of thousands of pennies more than that. My experience in that class put my opinion of free MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses) perpendicular to my opinion about them beforehand. I still can't believe that it's free. Piles of great advice and tips in a very natural progression from the beginning to end of the course.
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I've taken 3 music related classes on Coursera so far. I haven't passed any but have gained a great amount of knowledge anyhow.
A big draw for me is downloading all the videos (the videos are in MP4 file format), video transcriptions (text files), study materials (pdf files), quizzes, some forum discussions and reference links. Much of this works on my tablet or e-reader so I can review away from the computer.
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I passed the songwriting class with something like 96%. There is value to be had in doing the exercises and watching the videos (which you can download and save for offline viewing) but the grading was ridiculous as it was all peer assessed and no effort made to match up people with each other based on their skill levels. Lots of people were unhappy with the fact that people who did not even understand the assignment (or even the language) would mark their grade down! The price is certainly right and I guess the grade really doesn't matter anyway!
I have signed up for another MOOC class that starts soon so maybe I'll like this one better!
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The grading - Not really worth bothering almost. The content - definitely worth pursuing. The discussion groups - worth participating. The assignments - worth attempting with all effort required. But yes, the grading is nearly useless.
Take the classes to learn, not to attain some grade. This is true for any class. If you are in it to learn, that's the right reason. If you are in it to earn a certificate - time for some soul searching.
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Take the classes to learn, not to attain some grade. This is true for any class. If you are in it to learn, that's the right reason. If you are in it to earn a certificate - time for some soul searching. yeah, that is true for these sorts of hobby or pure learning classes. on the other hand, if you wanna be my cardiologist, I'm gonna need to see some credentials! 
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Take the classes to learn, not to attain some grade. This is true for any class. If you are in it to learn, that's the right reason. If you are in it to earn a certificate - time for some soul searching. yeah, that is true for these sorts of hobby or pure learning classes. on the other hand, if you wanna be my cardiologist, I'm gonna need to see some credentials! I think the same applies to your cardiologist as well. I want the guy that really wanted to learn the details of being a cardiologist - because it's interesting to him, not because he gets to put the diploma on the wall and print money.
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Take the classes to learn, not to attain some grade. This is true for any class. If you are in it to learn, that's the right reason. If you are in it to earn a certificate - time for some soul searching. yeah, that is true for these sorts of hobby or pure learning classes. on the other hand, if you wanna be my cardiologist, I'm gonna need to see some credentials! I think the same applies to your cardiologist as well. I want the guy that really wanted to learn the details of being a cardiologist - because it's interesting to him, not because he gets to put the diploma on the wall and print money. not me! I want the guy who actually learned the material and proved it! not just some guy who really wanted to do cardio!
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