Theory
A.D.A.M. Music School
Offers free online music lessons for beginners. Registration required.
Banbury School Music Department
Offers resources to assist students with music courses. Located in Banbury, Oxfordshire.
Elements of Music Notation
Basic introduction to reading music. Learn note names, clefs, staff, and signs. Worksheets with answer keys included.
Gary Ewer's Easy Music Theory
Contains 26 free lessons that teach you the beginnings of music theory. Learn about the staff and clefs, sharps and flasts, scales, key signatures, and triads.
Guitar Chords
Offers an interactive demonstration of various guitar chords. [Requires Java]
Happy Note
Offers computer games that allow kids to learn how to read music in a fun way.
Introduction to Reading Music
Uses simple terms to introduce the most important topics in reading music.
Java Music Theory
Java applets designed to help students of music improve their basic music reading skills.
Melody Factory: Music Dictionary
Find out the meanings of musical terms for tempo, dynamics and directions.
Nadaburg Elementary School: General Music
Features online quizzes including dynamics, key signatures, note recognition and symbol identification.
The Basics of Reading Music
Kevin Meixner offers a free tutorial that teaches about the staff, treble clefs, bass clefs, and note names. Includes audio samples.
Theory Basics
Learn basic music theory principles, key signatures, note values, and clef symbols.
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