Help me learn...
 

Ok, here's the deal. ive never touched a piano, or any serious musical instruement for as long as i can remember. But my favorite composer is Bach, I really really want to get into musical theory, and understand more about Counterpoint specifically, but I don't even know the basics! I didn't pay much attention in music classes.

Does anyone have any resources that will help me understand more about Baroque music? I, again, really want to learn this to gain a better appreciation and understanding. But, unfortunately, these resources aren't readily available to me, so I'm hoping someone here will know of a place I can go to online, to atleast get the basics, to understand. Im talking about the REALLY REALLY early basics, Im basically clueless on music bar a few terms. I dont really know how it works, what harmony is, what melodies are, etc.

I also understand I wont be able to get into the more complex stuff until I learn about the above, so please list some knowledgeable reccomendations!

I think you should search some basic video lectures on internet.

Piano is a very hard instrument to learn yourself. So I'd recommend finding a piano teacher/ tutor if you're serious.

But other things to look at to help you learn:
- online videos/ tutorials
- look up baroque music on the net, see what you can learn about it
- basic music theory books/ internet site tutorials
- guide to learning classical music books/ internet sites (because once you've learnt about classical music is easy to move about in learning other things.)

This is very true. You aren't going to get anywhere with out at least a few lessons just to learn the basics of technique and such. Piano can be extremely complicated especially when you're focusing on Bach.