The book “Piano for adult beginners. Music literacy life hacks” will be useful both for students of music schools and for adult beginner musicians, who are becoming more and more. Many textbooks on musical literacy, directly aimed at a children's or school audience, seem to novice adults either too complicated or too simple, and therefore the development of musical theory often happens chaotically, without a foundation, and turns into a selection by ear. This manual contains important information on music theory, many practical life hacks to make the game conscious and professional.The exercises, useful tips, or life hacks collected here effectively help to master the notes of the treble and bass clef. p>Much attention is paid to the rhythmic side of the music. Unlike similar manuals, a rhythmic pattern is always written from a certain repetitive sound, suggesting the performance of this rhythm on the piano. On the one hand, the musician has a visual perception of the rhythm together with the notes, since the exercises capture all seven notes of the first octave, and on the other hand, the complex extended melody does not distract attention from the rhythm. The manual covers a wide range of theoretical and practical issues, such as: a detailed study of rhythmic patterns within the main time signatures, mastering the bass clef and the second octave, connecting hands according to the principle “from simple to complex”, studying accompaniment.The musical material on the basis of which the study of music theory is based is also unusual: these are ancient Slavic melodies that did not set the teeth on edge, mainly from collections of folk songs by N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov, A. K. Lyadov, M. A. Balakirev, N. N. Gilyarova.The highlight of the book is the author's transcriptions of famous works, such as "To Elise" and "Ode to Joy" by L. van Beethoven, "In the Cave of the Mountain King" by E. Grieg, "Moscow Evenings" P. Solovyov-Sedogo and many others.