Deal With It! is a highly energetic contemporary piece characterized by quick shifts and modern melodic turns. It is a technically accessible work that rewards dynamic contrast and rhythmic confidence.
At Henle 3 this is a late-beginner piece — comfortable hands-together playing is assumed, and musical shaping starts to matter. The main demands: fast passage work that stays light and even at tempo; precise articulation — the difference between crisp and blurred is the piece; and fine finger independence within the hand.
The primary challenge is maintaining clean, even finger work during the rapid scale passages.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
A level or two down with the same spirit — ideal if this piece is still out of reach.
Where this piece's skills lead: slightly harder works making similar technical demands.
Lesser-known works by the same hand, at a comparable level.
Deal With It! is rated Henle level 3 of 9 — late beginner repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 4–5. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 4.
You should be comfortable at Henle level 3 — meaning you can already play level 2–3 pieces cleanly. Learning it one level early is possible as a stretch piece, but more than that usually leads to months of frustration.
A typical performance of Deal With It! lasts about 2 minutes.
Deal With It! is available as free public-domain sheet music on IMSLP — the score is linked directly from this page.
Pieces at a comparable difficulty and character include Clock Tower Rag by Cameron Lee Simpson, Cinema Rag by Cameron Lee Simpson, 24th Street Rag by Cameron Lee Simpson — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.