Another bourrée by de Carvalho, exhibiting standard dance patterns common in the salon music of his era. It relies on symmetrical phrasing and clear melodic projection.
Practice the left-hand accompaniment patterns separately to ensure steady rhythm.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Bourrée is rated Henle level 3 of 9 — late beginner repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 4–5. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 3.
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 Bourrée lasts about 2 minutes.
Bourrée 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 Bourrée by Daniel Balparda de Carvalho, The Entertainer by Scott Joplin, Bach-anh-114 by Johann Sebastian Bach — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.