Music tutorials and practice guides
Step-by-step beginner guides to go with the virtual instruments. Each one covers the first three things to learn on a real instrument, such as posture, hand position and first notes, so you know what to practise before and after you try the virtual version.
Pick an instrument, read the steps, then open the virtual instrument to try them. The metronome and recording tools help you practise slowly and hear your progress.
Beginner guides by instrument
- Piano: hand position, learn basic notes, practice finger exercises
- Violin: holding the violin, bow grip, first position notes
- Guitar: guitar basics, basic chords, strumming patterns
- Harp: proper seating, hand position, basic plucking
- Sitar: sitting position, mizrab technique, basic ragas
- Veena: posture, finger positions, basic gamaka
- Banjo: banjo posture, right hand technique, basic chords
- Flute: embouchure, basic fingerings, breath control
- Saxophone: assembly and reed preparation, embouchure, basic fingerings
- Trumpet: forming the embouchure, proper breathing, basic fingerings
- Harmonica: holding the harmonica, single notes, basic bending
- Drums: drum throne position, basic beat, simple fills
- Xylophone: mallet grip, striking the bars, simple scales
- Marimba: mallet selection, four-mallet grip, independence exercises
- Kalimba: holding the kalimba, plucking technique, reading tablature
- Tabla: hand position, basic bols, simple taals
- Theremin: hand position, pitch control, simple melodies
- Synthesizer: understanding oscillators, adsr envelopes, filters and modulation
- Bass Guitar: bass fundamentals, basic grooves, slap and funk techniques
- Drum Machine: count the 16 steps, build a basic beat, add groove
- Chord Progression: learn the chords in a key, start with i–v–vi–iv, change the feel
Frequently asked questions
Are the music tutorials free?
Yes. Every tutorial is free and needs no account. Open the matching virtual instrument to practise what you learn.
Which instruments have beginner tutorials?
Piano, violin, guitar, harp, sitar, veena, banjo, flute, saxophone, trumpet, harmonica, drums, xylophone, marimba, kalimba, tabla, theremin, synthesizer and bass guitar.
How should a beginner start learning an instrument online?
Pick one instrument, learn its posture and first notes from the tutorial, then practise for 15 minutes a day on the virtual instrument with the metronome at a slow tempo.