A music school you learn by ear

Take a song apart. Hear how it's made. Learn to play it.

Every piece of music here comes apart into its instruments. Hear each one on its own, slow it down, and play along. No experience needed.

  1. 1Choose your musicWestern, Hindustani, or Jazz
  2. 2Choose a lessonStart with lesson 1
  3. 3Listen and playYour guide shows each step
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Step 1

Choose your music.

The Music Stem teaches Western, Hindustani and Jazz music, each in its own words and on its own terms.

Western

Begin with the foundations of listening. Then move on to pitch and melody, rhythm and groove, harmony, form and arrangement, and production and mixing.

  • Unit 1 · Listening foundations
  • Unit 2 · Pitch, melody & tonal relationships
  • Unit 3 · Rhythm, meter & groove
  • Units 4-6 · Harmony, form, production & mixing
Step 2

Choose a lesson.

Lessons go in order, and each one builds on the last. Pick one and it opens in the studio just below.

Western lessons

As you learn, what you can hear and do will show up here.

Recommended orderStart with Unit 1. Each unit builds on what your ears learned in the one before.

Come back to any lesson whenever you like. Every lesson opens in the same studio.

Step 3 · The studio

Listen, explore, play along.

Change lesson

Press Play, then follow your guide. Everything here works on the song you are hearing.

Neon Lines96 BPM · 4 bars · 5 parts
Practice helpers
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Jump to a part of the song

The separate parts could not load on this device. You can still hear the full recording below.

Hear one part at a time.Tap a part to hear it on its own, then tap Hear all to put it back into the whole song.