Music is yours
to learn.

Nicolas Carter is a guitarist and music teacher who writes books for people who learn music on their own. Music Theory: From Absolute Beginner to Expert was first published in 2016. He still writes for the same reader: someone who wants to understand the music they play, without a classroom.

Since then more than 150,000 readers have learned with his books, from adults and teens who teach themselves to parents helping a child read the first notes on the piano. His teaching starts at the instrument: you hear an idea before you name it, and every chapter ends with something to try.

As he puts it, "music isn't math, music is a language," and you learn it the way you learned to speak, a little every day. In his newest books every exercise answer is checked by code and every fact has a source, so readers can trust what they practice.

Questions and corrections reach him at nicolas@selftaughtmusician.com.