Instruments Course
The Instruments Course equips music educators and professionals with essential tools to classify instruments accurately, explain sound production mechanics, and create well-researched teaching dossiers. Gain confidence in teaching, writing about, and analysing orchestral and global instruments using clear frameworks, acoustics basics, Hornbostel-Sachs categories, historical insights, and reliable sources for impactful lessons and projects.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This Instruments Course offers a solid framework for classifying musical instruments, understanding their sound production, and confidently sharing reliable sources. You will explore basic acoustics, Hornbostel-Sachs classification system, and effective methods to describe mechanics, history, and cultural roles. Develop concise teaching dossiers and comparison charts perfect for classroom lessons, workshops, and educational initiatives.
Elevify advantages
Develop skills
- Master instrument classification to swiftly identify families and categories.
- Gain deep insight into sound mechanics for strings, winds, and percussion.
- Create concise teaching dossiers with clear profiles for three instruments quickly.
- Develop skills in historical context, tracing origins, design evolution, and styles.
- Curate and present reliable citations and sources ready for teaching use.
Suggested summary
Before starting, you can change the chapters and workload. Choose which chapter to start with. Add or remove chapters. Increase or decrease the course workload.What our students say
FAQs
Who is Elevify? How does it work?
Do the courses have certificates?
Are the courses free?
What is the course workload?
What are the courses like?
How do the courses work?
What is the duration of the courses?
What is the cost or price of the courses?
What is an EAD or online course and how does it work?
PDF Course