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Offers free online music lessons for beginners. Registration required.

http://www.lessontutor.com/eesMusic1.html

Basic introduction to reading music. Learn note names, clefs, staff, and signs. Worksheets with answer keys included.

http://musictheory.halifax.ns.ca/lessons.html

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.

Happy Note

http://www.happynote.com/music/learn.html

Offers computer games that allow kids to learn how to read music in a fun way.

Introduction to Reading Music

http://datadragon.com/education/reading/

Uses simple terms to introduce the most important topics in reading music.

Java Music Theory

http://www.emusictheory.com/

Java applets designed to help students of music improve their basic music reading skills.

Music Theory

http://www.teoria.com/

Articles, online reference books, interactive exercises, and questions.

Nadaburg Elementary School: General Music

http://www.nadaburgschool.org/General_Music.htm

Features online quizzes including dynamics, key signatures, note recognition and symbol identification.

The Basics of Reading Music

http://www.notationmachine.com/how_to_read_sheetmusic/readingmusic.htm

Kevin Meixner offers a free tutorial that teaches about the staff, treble clefs, bass clefs, and note names. Includes audio samples.

Theory Basics

http://theheartstring.org/theory_basics.htm

Learn basic music theory principles, key signatures, note values, and clef symbols.