This piece is a charming example of early 20th-century Brazilian salon music by Marcelo Tupinambá. It features a graceful, light-hearted melodic contour typical of the era's popular piano styles.
Maintain a steady rhythmic lilt while ensuring the right-hand melody remains expressive and song-like.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Arrastando a aza 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 Arrastando a aza lasts about 3 minutes.
Arrastando a aza 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 Caterêtê by Marcelo Tupinambá, Cabeça virada by Marcelo Tupinambá, Amor de palhaço by Marcelo Tupinambá — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.