This piece utilizes rapid, flowing sixteenth-note patterns to evoke the fluttering motion of its namesake. It relies on fluid arm weight to maintain a delicate, light quality.
Control of the arpeggiated figures is required to keep the performance sounding light and effortless.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Blue butterfly is rated Henle level 4 of 9 — intermediate repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 5–6. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 5.
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 Blue butterfly lasts about 3 minutes.
Blue butterfly 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 Caelum Spring by Kazue Rockzaemon Isida, Arabesque No. 1 by Claude Debussy, Berceuse from Dolly suite by Gabriel Fauré — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.