Music Notation and Theory for Intelligent Beginners by Jono Kornfeld (Free music Ebooks )

Part of what the book covers

Notes, The Staff

1

The Keyboard

2

Clefs

3

Ledger Lines

5

The Grand Staff, Accidentals

6

Simple Intervals

7

Enharmonic Equivalence

8

Double Accidentals

9

Note Values

10

Beaming

11

Stem Direction

12

Stem Length

13

Measure, Bar Line

14

Time Signatures

15

Beat Emphasis

16

Putting Notes into Practice

17

Counting Eighth Notes

17

Counting Sixteenth Notes

18

Rests

19

The Dot

20

Ties

21

Slurs

22

Other Time Signatures

23

Compound Time Signatures

24

The Triplet, Syncopation

25

Tempo I

26

Tempo II, Tempo Changes

27

Dynamics

28

Articulation

29

Economical Devices I

30

Economical Devices II

31

Economical Devices Exercises

32

The Major Scale, Keys

33

Scales Using Flats

34

Scales Using Sharps

35

Key Signatures, The Key

36

The Circle of Fifths

37

Transposition

39

Scale Degrees, Note Names

40

The Minor Scale

41

The Three Minor Scales