Save up to 93% on guitar, drum and recording courses in the Udemy Flash Sale – start learning from just £12.99

Sign up for epic guitar, drum and recording courses from just £12.99 in the Udemy Flash Sale
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If you were one of the thousands of people who used lockdown to take up a new instrument, by now you're probably looking for ways to keep improving and developing your newfound skills.

Whether you're the proud owner of a brand new beginner acoustic guitar, a box fresh electronic drum set, or you've being getting to grips with home recording, right now Udemy's Flash Sale (opens in new tab) is the ideal way to give your skills a boost.

Online lessons experts Udemy is curretly offering big discounts off its wide range of music courses, covering everything from drums and guitar, to recording and vocals. Prices start from as little as £12.99 for hours of excellent, expert video tuition. Some of these courses would usually cost you£199.99, so now is a good time to strike if you’ve been thinking about it. 

What’s even better is that, once you’ve signed up for your chosen course, you'll have lifetime access to the content. The flash sale is on for today only and we've selected some of our musical highlights below.

What is Udemy?

Udemy is an online tuition platform which offers over 100,000 courses, led by expert tutors, on almost any subject imaginable. Have you always wanted to learn how to mic up a drum kit? The Drum Mic Technique course is for you (opens in new tab). Want to use your free time to record some epic vocals? This How To Record Vocals At Home course (opens in new tab) will show you how.

Recording lessons

Udemy recording course highlights

Your First Home Recording Studio – Audio Engineering Basics Was £99.99 (opens in new tab)

Your First Home Recording Studio – Audio Engineering Basics
Was £99.99, now £12.99, 87% off (opens in new tab)
Choose the right equipment
– Understand how microphones and other equipment works
– Recognize different audio equipment
– Apply fundamental techniques and tricks of sound recording

Recording Your Own Music: A Step-By-Step Guide for Musicians Was £199.99 (opens in new tab)

Recording Your Own Music: A Step-By-Step Guide for Musicians Was £199.99, now £14.99, 92% off (opens in new tab)
– Set up an audio interface to work seamlessly with your computer
– Record acoustic and electric instruments
– Fix timing and tuning issues and edit out unwanted sections
– Create a release-ready final mix using compression, EQ, reverb
– Export your final mix into your preferred digital format

Home Recording: Budget Audio Recording on a Laptop Was £29.99 (opens in new tab)

Home Recording: Budget Audio Recording on a Laptop
Was £29.99, now £12.99, 57% off (opens in new tab)
– Set up, configure, and record using your laptop computer.
– Make good (smart) gear purchases.
– Place microphones correctly for optimal quality

Guitar lessons

Udemy guitar course highlights

Complete guitar system: beginner to advanced Was £199.99 (opens in new tab)

Complete guitar system: beginner to advanced
Was £199.99, now £13.99, 93% off (opens in new tab)
– New to guitar? This will be the only course you will ever need
– Have you playing the guitar in the shortest amount of time
– Play songs and master chords, scales and guitar theory
– Sharpen your chord transitioning, strumming, fretting and picking

Learn Guitar: Zero to Guitar Fingerpicking in 30 days Was £199.99 (opens in new tab)

Learn Guitar: Zero to Guitar Fingerpicking in 30 days
Was £199.99, now £15.99, 92% off (opens in new tab)
Play the most common guitar chords in a fingerpicking style
– Play a bassline with your thumb at the same time as playing a melody with your fingers
– Read tablature and play along to a metronome
– Have a formula for composing
– Play in alternate bass, travis picking and clawhammer styles

The professional guitar masterclass Was £199.99 (opens in new tab)

The professional guitar masterclass
Was £199.99, now £13.99, 93% off (opens in new tab)
– Develop your own unique voice on the guitar
– Understand and APPLY music theory
– Play any chord anywhere on the neck
– Immediately know what scales to play
– Understand the CAGED System

Drum lessons

Udemy drum course highlights

Learn to play the drums Was £89.99 (opens in new tab)

Learn to play the drums
Was £89.99, now £12.99, 86% off (opens in new tab)
– Learn different rhythms
– Learn to play rudiments
– Learn to play rock grooves
– Learn different styles of drumming
– Learn drum music theory and drum notation

Learn How To Play The Drum Set: Masterful Drumming V1 Was £29.99 (opens in new tab)

Learn How To Play The Drum Set: Masterful Drumming V1
Was £29.99, now £12.99, 57% off (opens in new tab)
Improve your self confidence and expression
– Develop sight reading skills
– Improve independence and co-ordination

Learn to play the drums without a drum kit Was £24.99 (opens in new tab)

Learn to play the drums without a drum kit
Was £24.99, now £12.99, 48% off (opens in new tab)
– Understand coordination, rhythm and timing
– Play rudiments to build hand coordination
– Play a rock groove
– Read drum music and understand how it works
– Play complex hand and foot patterns

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Chris Barnes

I'm MusicRadar's eCommerce Editor. It's my job to manage the buyer's guides on MusicRadar and help musicians find the right gear and the best prices. I'm a guitarist and a drummer and I've worked in the music gear industry for 18 years, including 7 years as Editor of the UK's best-selling drum magazine Rhythm, and 5 years as a freelance writer working with many of the world's biggest musical instrument brands including the likes of Roland, Boss, MusicRadar and Natal.