Butterscotch is a short, melodically focused piece written for students to explore tone color. It is distinguished by its warm, consonant harmonic language and straightforward, song-like structure.
Balance the melody in the right hand against the soft, sustained chordal accompaniment in the left.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Butterscotch 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 Butterscotch lasts about 2 minutes.
Butterscotch 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 Blue Banquet by Cameron Lee Simpson, Blue Oasis by Cameron Lee Simpson, Blue Lagoon by Cameron Lee Simpson — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.