Ernesto Nazareth’s 'Arrojado' is a high-energy Brazilian tango that showcases the composer's mastery of the genre. Its strength lies in the bold, propulsive rhythmic structure that defines Brazilian salon music.
Maintain absolute rhythmic stability to support the syncopations in the upper voice.
Arrojado is rated Henle level 4 of 9 — intermediate repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 5–6. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 6.
You should be comfortable at Henle level 4 — meaning you can already play level 3–4 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 Arrojado lasts about 3 minutes.
Arrojado is available as free public-domain sheet music on IMSLP — the score is linked directly from this page.