Free Homeschool Music Curriculum

8 Notes  (3rd – adults)

The main focus of the website is sheet music, but it also offers a wide range of resources for musicians, including tuners, chord charts, and lessons. Sheet music and other resources are available for over 35 musical instruments and voice. While a paid subscription is offered, 90% of the website’s materials are accessible for free.

Annenberg Learner  (9th – college)

Exploring the World of Music is a video series that provides an introduction to music with a global perspective. The videos show how elements such as melody, rhythm, and texture create a variety of sounds and serve as expressions of culture.

Beginner Guitar HQ  (8th – adults)

This website offers numerous guides and tutorials for learning to play the guitar. Many of these tutorials include audio recordings and videos.

Child’s Own Book of Great Musicians  (K – 5th)

This book series, available as ebooks or audiobooks, introduces students to music history. Each book tells the story of a musician’s early life and what helped them become world-renowned musicians. The books conclude with comprehension questions.

Chrome Music Lab  (Pre-K – 12th)

This virtual music lab allows students to create music and learn how music works. They can see what sound looks like, learn how melody works, create rhythms, turn drawings into music, and more. This is a supplemental resource rather than a music curriculum.

Classics for Kids  (K – 6th)

The podcasts on this website teach about classical composers. The website also offers lesson plans, printable activity sheets, an interactive dictionary of musical terms, games, and more.

Easy Peasy All-in-One Homeschool  (1st – 8th)  C

Courses are taught using a variety of online sources. Courses offered are Music: Ancient, Music: Early American, Music: Modern, and Music: Geography & Cultures. While these courses align with the history and art courses offered by Easy Peasy, they can also be taken independently.

Easy Peasy All-in-One High School  (9th – 12th)  C

This semester-long Music Appreciation course is taught using mostly videos.

edX  (10th – college)

EdX, a nonprofit organization founded by Harvard and MIT, offers a wide range of courses covering music theory, music appreciation, and other music-related topics. The length and format vary from course to course, and availability is subject to change periodically. The courses are free to audit, or certificates of completion are also available for a fee.

Every Child Should Know  (K – 8th)  C

The Every Child Should Know series is a collection of books that were published in the early 1900s and are now in the public domain. The series includes books of songs, hymns, and operas that could be used as part of a music curriculum. You will find the music books near the bottom of the page.

Fiddlerman  (4th – adults)

Fiddlerman provides video-based violin lessons for both beginner and advanced players. The website also offers a large collection of downloadable sheet music.

Georgia Virtual Learning  (8th – 12th)

Hoffman Academy  (K – 12th)

Hoffman Academy offers free video-based piano lessons. While all the videos are free to watch, other features, such as practice sessions, accompanying printable materials, and learning games, require a paid premium membership.

How to Play the Piano  (1st – 12th)

World-renowned pianist Mark Hambourg wrote this book, which is now in the public domain. The book begins with the basics and gradually moves to the more challenging aspects of piano playing. This book would likely require a parent who already knows how to play the piano to teach their child from the book.

FutureLearn  (9th – adults)

FutureLearn offers several online music classes. Length and format vary from course to course. The availability of courses periodically changes.  Most courses are free to join, but there is an option to upgrade for access to additional benefits, such as the ability to qualify for a certificate.

Justin Guitar  (1st – adults)

Justin Guitar offers an extensive collection of guitar lessons for players of all skill levels, from beginners to advanced. The website also offers a few beginner ukulele lessons.

Learn to Sing  (K – 12th)

Singing lessons are presented through the use of step-by-step guides and video tutorials.

Let’s Play Music  (K – 6th)

The First Piano Lessons are short exercises disguised as games that combine strengthening and coordination with note recognition and memory. The website provides a guide that explains how to teach the lessons.

Maestro Classics  (K – 8th)

These music curriculum guides and lesson plans provide parents with unit studies in all academic subjects. They combine music with math, language arts, science, history,  geography, art, and more.

Mr. Henry’s Music World  (1st – 12th)

Mr. Henry’s video tutorials teach beginners how to play the piano.

Music Theory  (6th – adults)

These online lessons and interactive exercises cover a range of topics, including rhythm, meter, intervals, chords, and more.

Oak National Academy  (K to 8th)

This website offers hundreds of music lessons. Most focus on music theory, but there are also some lessons on other topics, including using technology musically, band musicianship, and West African music. The lessons include slide decks, videos, worksheets, and quizzes. To find the lessons, first select your child’s key stage, then “Music”. This is a UK website. To determine your child’s key stage and year, use this chart.

Piano Lessons 4 Children  (2nd – 12th)

These video-based piano lessons are designed for beginner and elementary levels. Most lessons use well-known children’s songs. The website also has lessons about famous composers, which can be used as a music appreciation curriculum.

Piano Nanny  (4th – 12th)

Piano Nanny offers piano lessons at starter, intermediate, and advanced levels. The lessons are text-based, with some audio recordings. They also include multiple-choice quizzes.

Practicing Musician  (K – adults)

This website provides self-paced curriculum for fifteen instruments. The curriculum features step-by-step video tutorials, progress tracking, downloadable materials, and additional resources.

TeachRock  (K – 12th)

TeachRock utilizes music to create interdisciplinary lessons that integrate music history with subjects such as science, math, social studies, and language arts. The website offers a vast collection of lessons covering popular artists and music from various cultures and genres.

Teoría Music Theory  (6th – adults)

Teoría provides tutorials and exercises that teach reading music, intervals, chords, scales, harmonic functions, music forms, ear training, and more.

Theta Music Trainer  (5th – adults)

The introduction to Ear Training course teaches volume & mixing, instrumentation, comparing pitches, solfege, and finding the key of a song. This introduction course is entirely free, as are lesson activities for all courses. Practice and game activities beyond level 3 of the other courses require a premium membership.

Under the Home  (K – 5th)

Under the Home’s courses teach music appreciation using text based lessons with audio recordings of the music being studied.

Virtual Music Instruments  (Pre-K – adults)

The virtual music instruments provided on this website allow students to try playing instruments they don’t have physical access to. This is a supplemental resource rather than a music curriculum.

Violinspiration  (4th – adults)

Violinspiration offers video based violin lessons, a lesson guide, sheet music, worksheets, and more.

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