Blue Mood! is a contemporary character piece designed for pedagogical use in early-intermediate settings. It relies on evocative harmonies and accessible melodic phrasing.
The piece requires careful use of the pedal to sustain atmosphere without muddying the harmonic changes.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Blue Mood! 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 Blue Mood! lasts about 3 minutes.
Blue Mood! 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 Black Soda Blues by Cameron Lee Simpson, Cake & Pudding by Cameron Lee Simpson, Blue Stardust by Cameron Lee Simpson — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.