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Free Online Guitar Lessons

Almost everyone has dreamed of playing the guitar.  Why not just do it?  JustinGuitar.com takes you through the process using video and has you playing well (with a lot of practice) in around 6 months. The great thing about it:  it is Free!

There are over 450 guitar lessons Justin has on the site.  He does ask for feedback and donation at different times but it all on a voluntary basis.  He says, " It's important to me to help everyone that wants to learn to play the guitar, not just those with money to spend on tuition."

How to Get this Freebie:  Visit JustinGuitar.com.  Beginners will want to start with The Basics (in the left sidebar, see screenshot above). 

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Free Piano Lessons

A fun way to pick up playing the piano is learning by chords.  PianobyChords.com is a simple yet thorough ad-supported site teaching the student to play by chords.  It is a completely free site and makes the piano an easy instrument to pick up.  But it's only one of many!  I'd love another free piano lessons site, so please tell us in the comments if you have one to suggest.  

How to Get these Free Lessons:  Visit PianobyChords.com

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Free Sheet Music, Classical Recordings & Music History

"There ought to be but one large art warehouse in the world, to which the artist could carry his art-works and from which he could carry away whatever he needed..."  ~ Beethoven

It's 2010, Beethoven.  Your wish is coming true.

The following description is from Musopen: "Musopen is an online music library of copyright free (public domain) music. We want to give the world access to music without the legal hassles so common today. There is a great deal of music that has expired copyrights, but almost no recordings of this music is in the public domain. We aim to record or obtain recordings that have no copyrights so that our visitors may listen, re-use, or in any way enjoy music. Put simply, our mission is to set music free."

How to Get This Freebie: Visit Musopen

For: All Musicians of All Ages

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Free Sheet Music & Classical Recordings & Music History

It's 2010, Beethoven.  Your wish is coming true.

The following description is from Musopen: "Musopen is an online music library of copyright free (public domain) music. We want to give the world access to music without the legal hassles so common today. There is a great deal of music that has expired copyrights, but almost no recordings of this music is in the public domain. We aim to record or obtain recordings that have no copyrights so that our visitors may listen, re-use, or in any way enjoy music. Put simply, our mission is to set music free."

Thank you, Rashel, for recommending this 100% free, high quality, educational freebie!

How to Get This Freebie: Visit Musopen

For: All Musicians of All Ages

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How to Keep the Kids Busy This Summer

If your kids are like mine, they are not averse to rotting their brains in front of the TV, Wii and XBox all Summer.  (Imagine those things being at all interesting to kids!)  This morning, I created a chart for  the kids.  I told them they need to spend 30 minutes doing each of these today:

• Something educational on the computer
• Something that makes you move
• Something that you can make or do (a project)
• Something that you can write or read

"Something educational on the computer" included any of the highlighted sites from here, Freely Educate.  Tomorrow, I'll add Activity TV to the list of allowed sites.  I think this one will keep them interested longer than 30 minutes (yay!).

Activity TV is a digital cable program that also offers its videos online, at ActivityTV.com.  The available projects range from origami to juggling, so you'll have to check this one out to see all there is to offer!  I know our 4 kids (14, 12, 10, 7) will enjoy this one!

This high quality, 100% free educational find was sent to me from Amy Machin, who said, "My kids (8, 7, 6, & 4) love it!"   Thanks, Amy!

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4 Free Piano Lessons Sites

I have two three! four! piano lesson sites for you today.  The first was sent in by a FreelyEducate.com reader (thank you!), who suggested  Get Piano Lessons .com.  

The second site for you is Piano by Chords .com.   This method teaches you to play your right hand by ear while your left hand plays chords.  The first lesson emphasizes memorizing the piano keys, and the remaining lessons expand on that, teaching chords and how to play by ear. 

Now we have a third recommendation, thanks to FreelyEducate.com reader, Jen.  This site is called Zebra Keys. The site creators write, "Our site provides over 50 free piano lessons for various levels of difficulty. Each piano lesson is accompanied by visual flash animations that allow learners to view and hear songs as well as play along with the animations on their own piano keyboard. Learning piano with Zebra Keys is fun and easy!"

Here is a link to the 4th option  (highlighted on September 21, 2009).

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I have two three! four! piano lesson sites for you today.  The first was sent in by a FreelyEducate.com reader (thank you!), who suggested  Get Piano Lessons .com.  

The second site for you is Piano by Chords .com.   This method teaches you to play your right hand by ear while your left hand plays chords.  The first lesson emphasizes memorizing the piano keys, and the remaining lessons expand on that, teaching chords and how to play by ear. 

Now we have a third recommendation, thanks to FreelyEducate.com reader, Jen.  This site is called Zebra Keys. The site creators write, "Our site provides over 50 free piano lessons for various levels of difficulty. Each piano lesson is accompanied by visual flash animations that allow learners to view and hear songs as well as play along with the animations on their own piano keyboard. Learning piano with Zebra Keys is fun and easy!"

Here is a link to the 4th option  (highlighted on September 21, 2009).

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Have a resource or giveaway to share?  Email me at loriseaborg @ gmail.com

Free Music Lessons (including piano, guitar and music theory)

Piano Lessons, Music Theory, Guitar Lessons, and Harmonic Dictation are the courses offered through G Major Music Theory, a site dedicated to providing music lesson free and free of membership.

The site is not pretty, and it has more ads than I normally tolerate, but I took a look at the lessons and think it's a pretty good deal at the price of ...free!

Mandi, a FreelyEducate.com reader, sent in the link.  She wrote this about the free piano lessons:  "[This site] provides everything you need for piano lessons, even theory work pages and first pieces.  There are familiar favorites and original pieces.  This is a fantastic resource."

Thanks, Mandi!

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