Title: Octave Boogie
Instrument: piano
Level: easy piano
Genre: jazz

OCTAVE BOOGIE is a LEV 3-4 (EP) early intermediate piano solo by Laura Weed. This boogie woogie is an octave etude that is fun to play. A popular choice for piano recitals and music festivals! 

Teaching concepts:

- Key of C minor 
- 3 time signatures! Mostly 4/4 time plus 2 bars of 3/4 time & 1 bar of 2/4 time (m. 43-end)
- Swing feel (long-short) jazz rhythm style- Octave leaps in both hands- Articulations - accents, legato, staccato & tenuto
- Basso ostinato (repeated pattern in the bass)
- Dynamics - crescendo, mezzo piano, mezzo forte & forte
- Grace notes
- Notes - eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, dotted quarter notes, half notes & rests & whole notes
- Chords - Root ,1st & 2nd inversion solid chords
- 2nd finger moves over the RH thumb
- 8va (RH)
- Recurrent C add 2 chord (CDG)
- Varied dynamics

LEVEL - (EP) Easy Piano (Level 3-4), Early Intermediate Piano