This is a contemporary pedagogical piano piece designed for intermediate students. It is distinctive for its syncopated rhythm and relaxed, light-hearted melodic character.
Maintain a consistent rhythmic pulse while balancing the syncopated accents against the steady accompaniment.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Break Time is rated Henle level 2 of 9 — beginner repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 2–3. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 3.
You should be comfortable at Henle level 2 — meaning you can already play level 1–2 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 Break Time lasts about 3 minutes.
Break Time 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 Bergerie by Franz Hitz, Allegro scherzante in G major, M.E53 by Antonio Rosetti, Bluette musicale by Giuseppe Lillo — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.