Bushwhacker Rag is a contemporary take on the traditional ragtime style. It incorporates modern rhythmic displacements and jazz-inflected harmonies.
Precision in rhythm and articulation is essential for maintaining the 'swing' feel characteristic of the ragtime genre.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Bushwhacker Rag 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 Bushwhacker Rag lasts about 3 minutes.
Bushwhacker Rag 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 24th Street Rag by Cameron Lee Simpson, Bullseye Rag by Cameron Lee Simpson, Banana Pepper Rag by Cameron Lee Simpson — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.