Piano for Beginning Adults: Life Hacks for Music Literacy

The book "Piano for Beginning Adults. Life Hacks for Music Literacy" will be useful for both students of music schools and adult beginner musicians, whose numbers are increasing. Many resources on music literacy that are specifically aimed at children or school audiences seem either too complicated or too simple for adult beginners, which often leads to a chaotic understanding of music theory, lacking a foundation, and turning into playing by ear. This guide contains important information on music theory and many practical life hacks to make playing more conscious and professional.
The exercises, helpful tips, or life hacks collected here effectively aid in mastering the notes of the treble and bass clefs.
Great attention is paid to the rhythmic aspect of music. Unlike similar materials, the rhythmic pattern is always written from a specific repeating sound, suggesting the performance of this rhythm on the piano. On one hand, the musician perceives the rhythm visually along with the notes, as the exercises encompass all seven notes of the first octave, and on the other hand, the complex developed melody does not distract from the rhythm. The textbook covers a wide range of theoretical and practical issues, such as: detailed study of rhythmic patterns within basic time signatures, mastering the bass clef and the second octave, connecting hands from "simple to complex," and studying accompaniment.
The musical material used to teach music theory is also unusual: it consists of ancient Slavic chants that are not clichéd, mostly from the collections of folk songs by N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov, A. K. Lyadov, M. A. Balakirev, and N. N. Gilyarova.
A highlight of the book is the author's arrangements of famous compositions, such as "Für Elise" and "Ode to Joy" by L. van Beethoven, "In the Hall of the Mountain King" by E. Grieg, "Moscow Nights" by V. P. Solovyev-Sedoy, and many others.