A pedagogical modern etude focusing on patterns and agility. It is musically distinctive for its bright, minimalist drive and steady, repeating rhythmic motives.
Maintain consistent articulation throughout the flowing sixteenth-note passages.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
* Not to Scale 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 * Not to Scale lasts about 3 minutes.
* Not to Scale 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 Boogie Woogie Etude No.1 by Richard P. Geere, Boogie Woogie Etude No.2 by Richard P. Geere, Alexander's Ragtime Band by Irving Berlin — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.