Trumpet and Music Articles

Many years before there was YouTube, Eddie Lewis was publishing trumpet articles to various webistes and to his own weekly newsletter. Those earliest articles played a major role in formulating the method that Eddie’s students enjoy so much today.

To reason some of Eddie’s oldest articles, scroll to the bottom of this page to the section titled “Old Trumpet Articles”.

Current Trumpet Articles

We are excited to be able to post trumpet articles to EddieLewis.com once again. For technical reasons we won’t go into here, we were forced to post trumpet articles on Eddie’s blog at a different URL. Now that we have moved to a different host, Eddie is free to begin posting articles on this website again.

We are redesigning this page as of September 2021 and will be adding new articles over time.

Trumpet Philosophy

The articles in this category are for general, philosophical topics about trumpet and music.

  • Comeback Trumpet Players’ Guide

    If you are a trumpet player returning to the instrument after a long absence, then this article is for you. The article has a supporting video series.

  • Trumpet Listening

    Here is an in depth article on the topic of trumpet listening. This article has a supporting video series.

Trumpet Performance

This category is for trumpet articles related to performance.

  • Conquering Stage Fright

    Here is an article with supporting videos which teaches you how to conquer stage fright in your trumpet performances.

Practicing Trumpet

The trumpet articles in this category are for learning how to practice.

  • Practicing Sight Reading

    Do you struggle with sight reading? If so, then here is an article to help you improve this very important trumpet skill.

Old Trumpet Articles

Many of Eddie’s oldest articles are still very popular today. We have decided to include them here, even though Eddie’s teaching and writing have both improved drastically in the over two decades since these articles were written.