User blog comment:Tortoiseshel/I'd really like to learn to write music. How would I go about that?/@comment-32500188-20140819083554

You can look up "musictheory.net". It's one of the more reliable/free learning sites that doesn't overload you all at once. (has flash presentations, exercises, and even an "i-Product"-specific app that can be purchased if you want to take your lessons on the go.) Also, the plethora of YT videos and online video professors may help in giving you some guidance... of course, it's probably going to take some browsing to see which ones will fit your needs, though.

But I'll be perfectly honest with you, learning how to read and write music is much easier if you at least know how to either play an instrument or sing/have decent pitch recognition. If you're really serious about it, you might want to have a piano handy, or if you don't have access to one, invest in an inexpensive keyboard for learning purposes, like the ones they make for kids and all... (or if you have a tablet/smart phone, you can look up piano keyboard apps, which is probably a little more cheaper than even those). (^-^)  It will definitely help you with ear training to be able to recognize the written notes and pitches associated with them.

Just remember to keep in mind, it's definitely not going to be something instantaneous... take this stuf in baby steps! It takes a lot of practice and patience to remember all of the subjects in music theory, and I will admit, even I'm still struggling with some things as a musician music-theory wise, and I've been playing sax for almost half of my life. (Having introduced more instruments into my life outside of the one I started learning music with, my note recognition/memorization has taken a hit, and I often mix up pitches when swapping from one to the other.) It happens, but of course the only solution for such a problem: practice, practice, practice at a slow enough pace where you can at least take in what you're trying to learn easier, then as you get used to the concepts you're learning, you can pick up the pace a bit.

As a friend of mine used to put it for things like this: Never try to eat all the cake at once, you'll regret it. As long as you don't try to pressure yourself into learning everything all at once and take the lessons in order (even so much as repeatedly going through a particular lesson you have trouble understanding), you might find it a lot less overwhelming doing such. (~-^)