Piano for Adult Beginners. Life Hacks for Music Theory

The book "Piano for Adult Beginners. Life Hacks for Music Theory" will be useful for both students of music schools and adult beginner musicians, the number of which is constantly increasing. Many music theory guides that are directly aimed at a children's or school audience seem either too complicated or too simple for adult beginners, which often leads to chaotic learning of music theory without a foundation and turns into playing by ear. This guide contains essential information on music theory and many practical life hacks to make playing more conscious and professional.
The exercises, useful tips, or life hacks collected here effectively help to master the notes of the treble and bass clefs.
Great attention is paid to the rhythmic aspect of music. Unlike similar manuals, the rhythmic patterns are always written from a specific repeating sound, suggesting the performance of this rhythm on the piano. On the one hand, the musician perceives the rhythm visually along with the notes, as the exercises cover all seven notes of the first octave, and on the other hand, the complicated developed melody does not distract from the rhythm. The tutorial covers a wide range of theoretical and practical issues, such as: detailed study of rhythmic patterns within the main time signatures, mastering the bass clef and the second octave, connecting the hands from "simple to complex", studying accompaniment.
The musical material based on which music theory is studied is also unusual: it includes ancient, not hackneyed Slavic melodies mainly from the song collections of N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov, A. K. Lyadov, M. A. Balakirev, and N. N. Gilyarovoy.
The highlight of the book is the author's arrangements of well-known 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. Sokolov-Sedoy, and many others.