This is a lighthearted character piece by Herbert Straus Gardner, likely rooted in the American popular or light-classical idiom. It is marked by a crisp, rhythmic vitality and a straightforward, approachable harmonic structure.
Achieving evenness and precise articulation in the fast repeated note figures is the primary technical task.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Bak to the Future 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 Bak to the Future lasts about 2 minutes.
Bak to the Future 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 Bach's Air Simplified by Herbert Straus Gardner, Alexander's Ragtime Band by Irving Berlin, Waltz in D-flat major, No. 1 by Frédéric Chopin — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.