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Skills & Hobbies
Skills and hobbies points to places for learning a craft, a game, or an instrument at your own pace. Entries range from drawing courses and photography lessons to chess and Go servers, music practice aids, and study guides for a specific pursuit. They differ in how they teach, since some walk through a structured course while others are forums and reference pages that grew from a community. When you pick one, look at the level it assumes, whether feedback comes from an instructor or from other learners, and how much of the material is free before you commit time.
Midiano is an interactive piano-learning app that runs in a modern browser. It opens MIDI files and shows notes as falling bars over a piano with corresponding sheet music. Users can connect a MIDI keyboard for instant feedback, adjust song speed, loop sections and generate sheet music. It runs client-side and can be installed for offline use.
Musicca is a free music theory learning resource with exercises and content covering notes, rhythms, intervals, chords and instruments. It adds game elements to learning and offers accounts that give access to all content and remove ads. The site also provides material for schools and educators.
MusicStaff.com is a free directory of music teachers worldwide. It offers search tools for locating teachers nearby, and selecting a teacher name shows more information and details. The site was officially launched in May 1998 and describes itself as one of the original music teacher directories.
Muted is an educational resource for documentaries, courses, books, reference material, or self-learning.
NetKnots is an educational resource for documentaries, courses, books, reference material, or self-learning.
Noteheads is a free browser-based tool for composing and sequencing music, aimed at kids and beginners, that creates printable sheet music and scores. It supports note types, time signatures, keys and several instruments, and offers save, MIDI download and print options. The creator describes it as a hobby project.
Online Go Server (OGS) is an educational resource for documentaries, courses, books, reference material, or self-learning.
Online-Courses provides educational lessons, courses, tutorials, or study material for self-learning.
OpeningTree is an educational resource for documentaries, courses, books, reference material, or self-learning.
Open Music Theory is an open-source, interactive online textbook for college-level music theory courses. It was built on resources authored by Kris Shaffer, Bryn Hughes, and Brian Moseley, edited by Shaffer and Robin Wharton, and published by Hybrid Pedagogy Publishing. It is intended to support active student engagement in the theory classroom and is designed for inverted or flipped courses.
Paintable is a digital painting education site offering free tutorials, project briefs, and resources, plus a community academy with video lessons and feedback. Its Digital Painting Academy offers 370+ video lessons, monthly workshops, and constructive feedback, with a 7-day free trial. The separate Illustration From Imagination program is described as intensive and requires a base knowledge of basics.
PaintingTube is an educational resource for documentaries, courses, books, reference material, or self-learning.
PaperToys provides free printable papercraft models, cut-outs and 3D templates. Users choose a template, print it out, cut out the model and fold it together, using tape or glue to hold the edges. The site offers a large catalog of designs, including vehicles, buildings, animals and holiday items. Models come mostly in PDF printable form, with others in image formats such as jpg or png.
PhotoshopTutorials.ws provides educational lessons, courses, tutorials, or study material for self-learning.
PianoCheetah is piano practice software that converts song notes to a maximum of ten keys, intended for playing with fingers rather than hand hopping. Notes are shown in a simplified notation aligned to the fingers, and the user sets tempo and note velocities while other tracks follow. The site states it is not a DAW.
Playsheet is a MIDI piano learning app and rhythm-game-style trainer that turns real notation into interactive practice. Users import MusicXML, MIDI, ABC or MuseScore files or use a built-in catalog, connect a MIDI keyboard for note and timing feedback, loop bars, slow songs down and practice hands separately. The app is in alpha and free.
qqTimer is an educational resource for documentaries, courses, books, reference material, or self-learning.
LEGO database for sets, parts, minifigures, build tracking, and custom model discovery.
RubiksTrainer is a site for learning to solve the Rubik's Cube, with practice solutions, algorithms, a solver, formula, timer and speedcubing material. It covers beginner and advanced sections, 3x3 algorithms, recognition practice, OLL, PLL, COLL, a timer, and a scrambler for Cross and F2L practice. The site notes a forthcoming move to another address.
Ruwix is an educational resource for documentaries, courses, books, reference material, or self-learning.
Sabaki is a cross-platform Go/Baduk/Weiqi board and SGF editor built with web technology based on Electron. It is free and open source. It offers SGF editing tools, SGF game containers, a scoring tool with area or territory counting, a game tree, fuzzy stone placement and support for GTP engines such as GNU Go and Pachi.
ScoreCloud music notation software instantly turns your songs into sheet music. Users write and arrange music by playing into notation using Audio or MIDI. The Songwriter version is designed to turn recordings of voice and instruments into lead sheets with melody, lyrics and chords.
Shroomery is an educational resource for documentaries, courses, books, reference material, or self-learning.