A review about the best music instruments shops in Abu Dhabi (Musicians Corner, Melodica Music and Dance Institute, Thomann, Virgin Megastore)
As a musician, or any enthusiast who is eager to learn any possible instrument smoothly, there are various options available in Abu Dhabi to pick from. In this article, we dive into the best music instruments stores out there, whether it is online or an in-person retail store, we assure that anyone can find whatever they are looking for.
Musicians Corner
Musicians Corner is one of the well-known and well-trusted music instruments stores in Abu Dhabi. They have an extremely wide selection of instruments, accessories, amps, pedals, and much more to dream of. Musicians Corner holds a range of over 30 notable brands such as Yamaha, Fender, and Orange. Musical instruments can be bought online or in stores that include the kindest retailers to help guide you into finding out which music instrument is the easiest to learn and best suited for you personally.
Instruments Accessories
Musicians Corner keep track of the numerous accessories that are incredibly useful, essential, and beneficial when owning an instrument, examples of the following accessories are: guitar picks, guitar strings, guitar foot stools, bags & cases, cables & connectors, capos, drum sticks, drum thrones, metronomes, instrument care & cleaning, and much more to be listed.
Price Range Of Instruments/Accessories (AED)
Electric drum set: 990-3980
Guitars
Acoustic guitars: 430-3800
Electric guitars: 560-7000
Electric basses: 640-1890
FX/Pedals: 185-570
Bowed
Violins: 250-2890
Cellos: 980-5950
Brass
Trumpets: 2550-4175
Mouth pieces and mutes: 60-90
And many more instruments are available on the website.
Music Lesson Books
Musicians Corner shows a great diversity in books for both adults and children, regarding all kinds of instruments and music in general. They are organized by levels/grades to make it easier for beginners. The price range for the books is from 4 AED to 315 AED.
Music Lessons And Dance Lessons
Last but surely not least, Musicians Corner provides music lessons and dance courses for people of all ages, whether that consists of a group lesson or individual learning. The music courses include instruments such as the piano, keyboard, guitar, violin, drums, and ukulele. Other courses also teach singing and theory classes. For those interested such as yourself, there is a 15-minutes free trial lesson for any course to decide if it is suitable. The next helpful step is, when you enroll in the music classes, a 10% discount is provided on everything in the music store. Luckily, there are experienced music instructors that teach all levels, whether you are a beginner who wants to learn a new instrument, or an advanced musician who wants to continue learning new skills.
Individual lessons (private music lesson)
| 12 lessons | 8 lessons | 4 lessons | |
| One hour | 3100 | 2200 | 1200 |
| 45-minute | 2350 | 1650 | 900 |
| 30-minute | 1550 | 1100 | 600 |
5th grade and above
| 12 lessons | 8 lessons | |
| One hour | 3350 | 2400 |
Group lessons (only 2 because of covid-19 restrictions)
| 8 lessons | 4 lessons | |
| One hour | 1350 | 850 |
The dance courses provide contemporary dance such as ballet, jazz and lyrical, and modern dance like hip-hop, breakdance and k-pop. They also provide fitness classes such as circuit training, zumba, tae bo cardio, stretch & flex and body HIIT.
Contemporary, modern dance
| 12 lessons | 8 lessons | 4 lessons | |
| One hour | 1200 | 880 | 480 |
| 45-minute | 1020 | 720 | 400 |
Fitness
| 24 lessons | 16 lessons | 12 lessons | |
| One hour | 1440 | 1040 | 840 |
Private lessons
Individual
| 12 lessons | 8 lessons | 4 lessons | |
| One hour | 3100 | 2200 | 1200 |
| 45-minute | 2350 | 1650 | 900 |
Couple (price per person)
| 12 lessons | 8 lessons | 4 lessons | |
| One hour | 1790 | 1350 | 850 |
For more information on Musicians Corner, the website and social media pages announce special promotions, along with package deals, that give you a deeper look into many outstanding instruments and accessories. Social media includes a Facebook page, a Twitter account, and an Instagram account.
Location: Abu Dhabi, Al Wahda mall, First floor, S206
Opening hours: 10AM-10PM from Sunday to Wednesday / 10AM-11PM from Thursday to Saturday.
Store number: 026783550
Melodica Music and Dance Institute
Are you looking for music and dance training in Abu Dhabi? Here is the right choice: Melodica music and Dance institute is UAE is the top rated music and dance school in Abu Dhabi, with the most professional trainers from different nationalities. Melodica music and dance institute is a famous institute for music and dance classes in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. They are giving opportunities to many children and adults to explore their musical talent. Every student will be given international certification from music colleges Trinity. They conduct stage performances for the students to bring confidence in them about the skills that they learned.
Melodica Music and Dance institute
All that you need to know about Melodica Music and Dance Institute.
Melodica Music and Dance Institute is the leading institute in Abu Dhabi which gives opportunities to the young generation to explore their musical and dancing skills while upgrading it with the guidance of professional trainers. They want to make a contribution to the society by giving them an opportunity to develop their passion for music and dancing skills. They use the best skills from the professional training instructors to train the childrens and elders in the best way .
What musical instruments does the Melodica Music and Dance Institute have?
Melodica music and dance centre also sells musical Instruments to the students and other customers for practice, including Melodica Piano, Guitar, Strings, Accessories and Musical note books.
The cost of the Pianos is ranging from 1000 Dhs to 80000 Dhs depending on the choice of the customers .There are varieties of Guitars like classical Guitar , Electric guitar, Bass Guitar and Ukulele Guitar Its cost ranges from 500 to 15000 Dhs .The Violin ranges from 1500 to 9000 Dhs. and other accessories .The musical note books from piano ,guitar ,violin and other Melodica musical instruments ranges from 40 to 150 Dhs.
What do Melodica Music and Dance Institute Classes cost ?
| Lessons | BASIC | SILVER | GOLD | PLATINUM |
| 30 MIN | 600 DHS | 1680 DHS | 3120 DHS | 5760 DHS |
| 45 MIN | 800 DHS | 2280 DHS | 4320 DHS | 8160 DHS |
| NUMBER CLASSES | 4 | 12 | 24 | 48 |
All the Music and Dance classes for the Children or for the adults have been classified as Basic,Silver ,Gold and Platinum and it is also subdivided as 30 min class and 45 min class.
There are four categories of classes: Firstly, Basic means the student will take 4 classes whose cost ranges from 400 to 600 Dhs. Secondly, Silver means the student will take 12 classes whose cost ranges from 1600 to 2300 Dhs. Thirdly, Gold means students will take 24 classes whose cost ranges from 3000 to 4500 Dhs. Lastly, Platinum means students will take 48 classes whose cost range from 5000 to 9000 Dhs.
Melodica also conducts summer camp for the children and adults in which they will have a special discount on the class.
Melodica students have to follow some of the class rules for succeeding in learning, students should always carry their own musical note book, they should have their own musical instrument, they should practice regularly and wear proper uniform in the class.
Melodica Abu Dhabi Mall Branch
Abu Dhabi Mall is one of the famous malls in Abu Dhabi ,It is a place for many famous brand stores .Melodica has many branches throughout UAE and Melodica in Abu Dhabi mall is one of the famous music and dance institutes . The choice of the location is very good for Melodica as many people are coming to Abu Dhabi Mall to shop every day . It is also safe for the children and adult .If the parents what to shop in Abu Dhabi Mall they can leave their children in Melodica for the musical classes or If the children has a musical class in Melodica at the meantime parent can do the shopping and pick the child from Melodica .They don’t have to worry ,as it is inside the Mall ,Completely secure and in their reach .
Location : Abu Dhabi Mall ,Second Floor
Opening Hours : 10:00 AM to 10 : 00 PM
Contact : 02-5531137
Mobile : 0504764997
Email : ad@melodica.ae
Thomann online music instruments store:
What you need to know about the Thomann store?
The online store was created in 2008. It was created to sell music instruments to customers who are interested in this major as they have worldwide shipping and all types and kinds of instruments. Thomann UAE is one of the online branches of the company as it would be easier and faster for customers who live in the UAE. They also provide online guide services that would help you if you were a beginner. Moreover, they have a section where they answer the most frequent questions that would help you discover the website even more.
What kind of categories and prices does Thomann UAE have?
Thomann UAE has all kinds of music instruments that a customer is willing to search for, such as guitar and basses, keys, sheet music, etc. The store has various prices that differ according to its brand and quality, the better the quality the higher the price. At the same time it’s affordable to the medium income class and higher.
What is the shipping cost and delivery time of Thomann UAE?
Thomann UAE has two providers that deliver their products to customers.
- The first provider is Emirates Post Group. It takes approximately 10-22 days for delivery and it costs 50 euro which is 207 AED, since it is an international shipping.
- The second provider is Ups Express and it provides the price and date of delivery in the checkout step.
- They also provide you the service of 30-days money-back guarantee and 3 years warranty which makes it trustworthy and the customers are able to purchase voluntarily without any drawbacks.
How to reach Thomann UAE online music instrument store?
To reach thomann online store you will have to visit their website https://www.thomann.ae that would lead you directly to their welcome page. For further details you could visit the link and click on “Contact us: https://www.thomann.ae/compinfo_contact.html ” to satisfy your needs.
Virgin Megastore:
Virgin Megastore is one of the most reputable and well-known stores in UAE for it’s items and they have more than one branch across the UAE. Their products include a wide range of electrical things and musical instruments which can attract people and buy from them because of their original high quality products. This Virgin Megastore is located in Yas Mall, which is a great spot since Yas Mall is a very large shopping Mall and has a lot of brands and shops that people come to everyday.
Location: Yas Mall, second floor, Abu Dhabi
Opening hours: everyday from 9AM-6PM
Contact number: 04-4359434
What Music instruments does Virgin Megastore have?
Virgin Megastore sells different types of Music instruments products such as Vinyl record, guitar, piano, and drums Gramophones and a lot of products that are related to music. In addition they also have Music instruments accessories and that depends on the customers and what they need for their products that they will buy. Also they have some brands that are good for Music instruments, for example YAMAHA, Fender, Casio,JBL, Huawei, beats, etc….
The product prices:
Vinyl record:150-200
Guitar: 500-9000(depending on the type, brand and the customer needs)
Piano: 1,200-13,000 (depend on the brand and the type )
Speakers: 1600-2000
And many other products that are related to Music instruments.
How to get to Virgin Megastore?
There is a several ways to reach to Virgin Megastore to buy from them products, the first way is to go to their shop that is near to you or you can visit their website to see their product and if you need to know more information about the store, contact number, the email and the location that is near you.
We hope you found your perfect music instruments store, Happy shopping!
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