Title: The Chase
Instrument: piano
Level: piano solo
Genre: contemporary

THE CHASE is a LEV 5-8 (PS) late intermediate piano solo by Laura Weed. Alternating between 6/8 and 3/4 time, The Chase was inspired by selections from Leonard Bernstein's musical, West Side Story.

Teaching concepts: 

- Keys of F minor & C minor
- 6/8 (compound time) & 3/4 time (simple triple meter) 
- Hand crossings (LH over the RH)
- Articulations (accents, staccato & legato)
- Grace notes
- Accidentals (naturals)
- Varied dynamics & phrasing
- Damper pedal & senza pedale (without pedal)
- Register changes
- Ledger line notes
- 8va
- Clef changes (treble to bass & vice versa)
- Fermatas
- Slurred & tied notes
- Solid & broken chords
- Chords - minor (F & C), major (Eb, Bb & G), minor 7th (C & G) and dominant 7ths (C7, Db7 & Ab7)

LEVEL - (PS) Piano Solo, (Level 8 & up), Advanced Piano