Butterfly Wings is a contemporary pedagogical character piece focusing on expressive phrasing and delicate touch. Its distinctive quality lies in the ascending melodic lines that mimic the fluttering movement of a butterfly.
Focus on maintaining a gentle, consistent touch across the phrase groupings.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Butterfly Wings is rated Henle level 2 of 9 — beginner repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 2–3. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 2.
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 Butterfly Wings lasts about 2.5 minutes.
Butterfly Wings 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 Candlelit Love by Cameron Lee Simpson, Cake & Pudding by Cameron Lee Simpson, Candyville by Cameron Lee Simpson — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.