Trumpet Duets
This page lists Eddie Lewis’ trumpet duets (compositions and some arrangements) in alphabetical order. Eddie has been composing trumpet duets since he was a student at Andress High School, in El Paso, Texas and has written hundreds of them since. If you like trumpet duets, you may be interested in his Celebrations duet book which has 101 original trumpet duets.
Eddie also has a duet book of 21 Trumpet Hymn Duets. You can read more about the Trumpet Hymn Duets book by clicking HERE. His trumpet duets for church have been very popular and comprise the bulk of our sales of trumpet sheet music
And now, for those wishing to include Christmas celebrations in their trumpet duet time, we have the 21 Trumpet Christmas Duets book.
Amazing Grace – Beginner Trumpet Duet
Amazing Grace
For Beginner Trumpet Duet
I wrote this arrangement of Amazing Grace when I completed the Unadorned Hymn Duets book and finally realized that Amazing Grace wasn’t included in that book. That’s when I decided to publish it this way, as a stand alone arrangement. The only reason we are calling it a beginner piece is because of the skill level. It is actually appropriate for all skill levels.
Copyright Year: 2024
Performance Rights Organization: NA
Amazing Grace – Trumpet Hymn Duet
Amazing Grace
For Trumpet Duet
Amazing Grace is one of our best selling trumpet duets. Not only is it a very popular hymn, finding popularity even outside of the church, but this arrangement actually speaks to people.
The arrangement looks simple. Indeed, it is pretty easy for anyone with a range up to high C. But the simplicity does not detract from its effectiveness. We feel that this is the reason why it sells so well.
Copyright Year: 2018
Performance Rights Organization: NA
America the Beautiful – Trumpet Hymn Duet
America the Beautiful
For Trumpet Duet
I wrote this trumpet duet arrangement of America the Beautiful as a way to express my patriotism for Independence Day, 2020, when here in Texas we’ve been told to stay home for the holiday, due to a covid 19 spike. I was compelled to express my patriotism because our American history and culture is being dismantled.
Some people have been expressing hatred for our country, even to the extent that their freedom to do so is NOT protected by the constitution. In the midst of all of this, I feel it’s important for those of us who do NOT hate this country to express our patriotism in an appropriate manner.
It’s not much, but that’s what this duet arrangement is to me. It is one instance of me saying, “No, I don’t hate America. This is my home. I love my country and the people who live here.”
Copyright Year: 2020
Performance Rights Organization: NA
Angels from the Realms of Glory – Trumpet Hymn Duet
Angels from the Realms of Glory
Trumpet Hymn Duet
Angels from the Realms of Glory is number 20 in our Trumpet Hymn Duet series. We are including this with the hymns because the “tune” of this famous Christmas carol is used in dozens of traditional Christian hymns. That tune is called Regents Square.
Because this sheet music doesn’t have lyrics, you can use it with any one of those dozens of traditional hymns.
We have a blog post where you can read about this trumpet duet arrangement by clicking the following link:
Angels from the Realms of Glory Trumpet Hymn Duet Blog
We also have a You Play First Chair FREE trumpet play-along video for this piece. We like to say that, with the play-along videos, you can take the piece for a test drive. But really, we post the YPFC videos for trumpet students who are not able to join rehearsing ensembles. The test drive thing is just a convenient perk for people who are interested in the sheet music:
Angels from the Realms of Glory FREE Trumpet Play-Along Video
Copyright Year: 2020
Performance Rights Organization: NA
Angels We Have Heard on High – Trumpet Christmas Carol Duet
Angels We Have Heard on High
Trumpet Christmas Carol Duet
Add something special to your Christmas program with this Angels We Have Heard on High trumpet duet arrangement.
This is duet number six in our Christmas trumpet duets series. It’s a series that serves as something of a sequel to the Trumpet Hymn Duets series that has produced one hymn duet book so far. The objective behind both of these series is to honor the mood and harmonies of the original Christmas carols and hymns. That’s what we’ve done with this arrangement of Angels We Have Heard on High.
Most of these arrangements tend to be almost like theme and variations pieces. Each new verse in the arrangement brings with it a different treatment. In this arrangement of Angels We Have Heard on High we have broken from that approach. Instead, each verse is more ornamented that the previous verse. The structure of the arrangement is the same throughout. The only changes, besides a modulation, are ornamental.
Free Trumpet Play-Along Video
We have a free trumpet play-along backing track video for this trumpet duet arrangement of Angels We Have Heard on High in our You Play First Chair video series. You can access that play-along video by clicking on the following button:
Copyright Year: 2021
Performance Rights Organization: NA
Away in a Manger – Trumpet Christmas Carol Duet
Away in a Manger
Trumpet Christmas Carol Duet
Bring joy to your Christmas program with this Away in a Manger trumpet duet. This arrangement utilizes both tunes common to this Christmas carol title.
Free Trumpet Play-Along Video
We have a free trumpet play-along backing track video for this trumpet duet arrangement of Away in a Manger in our You Play First Chair video series. You can access that play-along video by clicking on the following button:
Copyright Year: 2022
Performance Rights Organization: NA
Beginner’s Canon – Beginner Trumpet Duet
Beginner’s Canon
Beginner Trumpet Duet
Introduce your students to canonic imitation with this very simple duet, Beginner’s Canon.
Copyright Year: 2024
Performance Rights Organization: BMI
Be Thou My Vision – Trumpet Hymn Duet
Be Thou My Vision
For Trumpet Duet
Be Thou My Vision is number 13 in our trumpet duets series based on Christian hymns. It is a more pensive arrangement than some of the others. All of the duets in this series have lyrical qualities, but this one is probably the most lyrical of any that we’ve published in this series so far.
This duet is for intermediate trumpet players. The highest note in the first part is B flat above the staff. The highest note in the second part is G above the staff.
Copyright Year: 2020
Performance Rights Organization: NA
Blessed Assurance – Trumpet Hymn Duet
Blessed Assurance
Frances J. Crosby, Phoebe P. Knapp
For Trumpet Duet
This trumpet duet arrangement of Blessed Assurance is part of our Trumpet Hymn Duets series. It is number 19 in the series and we will be making a book of the duets once we publish 21 of them.
The arrangement is in the same style as the rest of the series except that I added a tiny bit of chromaticism.
I wrote a blog article about this arrangement of Blessed Assurance that you can read by clicking the following ling.
Copyright Year: 2020
Performance Rights Organization: NA
Christ the Lord is Risen Today – Trumpet Hymn Duet
Christ the Lord is Risen Today
For Trumpet Duet
This arrangement of Christ the Lord is Risen Today is part of a series of hymn trumpet duets meant to remain true to the original mood and harmonies of the original hymns. There are no reharmonizations, altered rhythms or stylistic modifications. The arrangements are meant to make the music interesting to perform, and delightful to listen to, while staying true to the original intent message of the hymn.Copyright Year: 2018
Performance Rights Organization: NA
Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing – Trumpet Hymn Duet
Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing
For Trumpet Duet
Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing Robert Robinson, Joel A. Erickson, Asahel Nettleton Arr. Eddie Lewis A two-page trumpet duet from Eddie Lewis’ Trumpet Hymn Duet series. The duets in this series stay fairly close to the original harmonies and can therefore be used in collaboration with choir and/or congregation. Come Thou Fount is written out for three verses, the first being simple and progressing to lots of sixteenth embellishments in the last verse. The arrangement begins in E flat concert and modulates to F concert for the third verse. The top note in the first part is written C above the staff. The top note in the second part is written G above the staff.
Copyright Year: 2019
Performance Rights Organization: NA
Critter Suite – Trumpet Duet
Critter Suite
For Trumpet Duet
Four movements of musical feline frivolities, Critter Suite trumpet duet is a fun suite of songs for intermediate trumpet students.
Copyright Year: 2023
Performance Rights Organization: BMI
Crown Him with Many Crowns – Trumpet Hymn Duet
Crown Him with Many Crowns
For Trumpet Duet
Worship Jesus Christ with Crown Him with Many Crowns trumpet hymn duet. This trumpet duet arrangement of the standard Christian hymn is packed with celebratory fanfares.
Important Note: This pdf includes two versions of the arrangement. The first one is in D concert (four sharps for trumpet), modulating to E concert (six sharps for trumpet). The second version is transposed up a half step to make it easier. It begins in E flat concert (one flat for trumpet) and F concert (one sharp for trumpet).
Two Play-Along Videos
We have two play-along videos in our You Play First Chair video series because there are two versions included in the pdf. The first version is in more traditional keys. The second version is in easier keys.
Copyright Year: 2022
Performance Rights Organization: NA
Cyclic Delights
Cyclic Delights
For Trumpet Duet
Teach your students about rondo form with Cyclic Delights trumpet duet from our 40 Trumpet Player Duets book. Click HERE to read more about that book.
Copyright Year: 2023
Performance Rights Organization: BMI
Deck the Halls – Trumpet Christmas Duet
Deck the Halls
For Trumpet Duet
Enjoy the Christmas season with this conservative yet creative arrangement of Deck the Halls trumpet duet.
Play-Along Video
We have a play-along video for this trumpet duet arrangement of Deck the Halls that you can access here:
Copyright Year: 2022
Performance Rights Organization: NA
Faith Springs Fanfare – Trumpet Duet
Faith Springs Fanfare
For Trumpet Duet
Proclaim your event with pomp and grandeur using our new Faith Springs Fanfare Trumpet Duet. This was composed for and performed at the grand opening of the sanctuary building for Faith Springs Baptist Church.
Faith Springs Fanfare is trumpet duet number one in the Forty Trumpet Player Duets book.
Copyright Year: 2023
Performance Rights Organization: BMI
The First Noel – Trumpet Christmas Carol Duet
The First Noel
For Trumpet Duet
Celebrate the Christmas holidays with this trumpet duet arrangement of The First Noel. This is the first in a new series of Christmas duets that follow the same conventions as the popular Trumpet Hymn Duets series (which is now also a book). These are duets that are designed to be 100% appropriate for traditional church services.
You can take this arrangement for a test drive by utilizing the You Play First Chair trumpet play-along video by clicking the following button:
Copyright Year: 2021
Performance Rights Organization: NA
First Suite – Beginner Trumpet Duet
First Suite
For Beginner Trumpet Duet
Introduce your beginner trumpet students to modern sounds with this First Suite trumpet duet.
Copyright Year: 2024
Performance Rights Organization: BMI
Hermit’s Dance Supreme – Trumpet Duet
Hermit’s Dance Supreme
For Intermediate Trumpet Duet
Hermit’s Dance Supreme is a chromatic cakewalk composed for two trumpets. This is an intermediate trumpet duet, No. 27 from our Forty Trumpet Player Duets book.
Copyright Year: 2023
Performance Rights Organization: BMI
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear – Trumpet Christmas Duet
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
Trumpet Christmas Duet
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear is a very conservative trumpet duet arrangement of the popular hymn. It is from our 21 Trumpet Christmas Duets book.
Copyright Year: 2022
Performance Rights Organization: NA
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen – Trumpet Christmas Carol Duet
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
For Trumpet Duet
Celebrate Christmas with God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen trumpet duet, number 14 in our Christmas Carol Trumpet Duet series.
Play-Along Video
We have a play along video for this arrangement in our You Play First Chair video series. You can access it by clicking the following button:
Copyright Year: 2022
Performance Rights Organization: NA
Good King Wenceslas – Trumpet Christmas Carol Duet
Good King Wenceslas
For Trumpet Duet
Fanfare and flourish your way through this regal arrangement of Good King Wenceslas trumpet duet.
Play-Along Video
We have a play along video for this arrangement in our You Play First Chair video series. You can access it by clicking the following button:
Copyright Year: 2023
Performance Rights Organization: NA
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing – Christmas Trumpet Duet
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
For Trumpet Duet
Embellish your Christmas event with this original arrangement of Hark the Herald Angels Sing, one of the most popular Christmas Carols of all time. It is number five in our Trumpet Christmas Carol Duets series.
This trumpet duet arrangement of Hark the Herald Angels Sing is just at two minutes long with two verses and some extra-thematic material. The first verse is relatively conservative, being vey similar to the arrangements in Eddie Lewis’ Unadorned Trumpet Hymns series. The second verse of the Christmas carol is more elaborated with fanfares and sixteenth-note embellishments.
Free Trumpet Play-Along Backing Track
We have a free trumpet play-along video for this arrangement of Hark! The Herald Angels Sing that you can access by clicking the following button:
Copyright Year: 2021
Performance Rights Organization: NA
Great Is Thy Faithfulness – Trumpet Hymn Duet
Great Is Thy Faithfulness
For Trumpet Duet
This trumpet duet hymn arrangement of Great Is Thy Faithfulness is part of our trumpet duet hymn series. The concept of the series is to give the performers something interesting to practice and perform while never breaking from the original harmonies and mood of the original hymn. This makes the duets perfect performance music for traditional Christian church services. This specific arrangement uses many of the passing tones and suspensions from the original hymn. The arrangement grows in melodic intensity over the course of three pages, ending in a dramatic fanfare finale.
Copyright Year: 2019
Performance Rights Organization: NA
He Keeps Me Singing – Trumpet Hymn Duet
He Keeps Me Singing
Luther B. Bridgers
For Trumpet Duet
He Keeps Me Singing is duet number 19 in the Trumpet Hymn Duet series. This is a little different from the rest of the trumpet hymns in this series in that I switch to a gospel swing style in the second verse. I feel like I must clarify that I did not write the second verse in a jazz swing style. I say this because I have a reputation as a jazz composer. And I do not have anything against writing and performing hymns in a jazzy style. But that is not what this Trumpet Hymn Duet series is about.
I know the swing sound on some of the hymns. I can’t tell you how I know it. Was it something I was raised with? I don’t know. But I know that sound. And I tried to honor that sound in this arrangement.
I wrote a blog post about this Trumpet Hymn Duet arrangement that you can read here:
Copyright Year: 2020
Performance Rights Organization: NA
He Leadeth Me – Trumpet Hymn Duet
He Leadeth Me
Joseph H. Gilmore
William B. Bradbury
For Trumpet Duet
He Leadeth Me is a very popular traditional, Christian hymn. This trumpet duet arrangement of the hymn is part of Eddie Lewis’ trumpet hymn duet series. These hymns are meant to function 100% appropriately at traditional church services. The arrangement stays true to the original mood of the hymn while also sticking close to the original harmonies.
Copyright Year: 2019
Performance Rights Organization: NA
The Holly and the Ivy – Trumpet Christmas Duet
The Holly and the Ivy
For Trumpet Duet
Traditional English
Brighten your Christmas trumpet repertoire with this clever The Holly and the Ivy trumpet duet arrangement.
Copyright Year: 2023
Performance Rights Organization: NA
In the Bleak Midwinter – Christmas Trumpet Duet
In the Bleak Midwinter
By Christina G. Rossetti, Gustav T. Holst
Bring some peace to your Christmas program with this sublime In the Bleak Midwinter trumpet duet arrangement.
This arrangement finds its original roots in Eddie Lewis’ Unadorned Trumpet Carol arrangement published a few years earlier. This is one of the most popular arrangements from that series (and digital album). One of the listeners on YouTube commented that it was “LIKE I ALWAYS PICTURED THIS SONG, SIMPLE AND BEAUTIFUL”
When it was time to write a more “adorned” version of this Christmas carol, Eddie wanted to keep most of that simplicity and beauty. For that reason, this arrangement is far more simplistic than Eddie’s other trumpet duet arrangements in this series and the Trumpet Hymn Duet’s series.
Free Trumpet Christmas Play-Along
We have a free trumpet play along video in our You Play First Chair series for this arrangement of In the Bleak Midwinter. This is an excellent opportunity to take the piece for a test drive before you buy the sheet music. To access that video, click the following button:
Copyright Year: 2021
Performance Rights Organization: NA
It Is Well With My Soul – Trumpet Hymn Duet
It Is Well With My Soul
For Trumpet Duet
It is Well With My Soul Horatio Gates Spafford
VILLE DU HAVRE
Philip Bliss
Here is an intermediate duet on the famous hymn, It Is Well With My Soul (When Peace, Like a River). The hymn arrangement is meant to work as an independent duet or as accompaniment with the choir. All of the harmonies should match the traditional harmonies of the original hymn. Please note that the high stuff at the end is optional. I have included an inversion in cue notes that is more playable by less advanced trumpet players.
Copyright Year: 2018
Performance Rights Organization: NA
Jesus Paid it All – Trumpet Hymn Duet
Jesus Paid it All
Elvina M. Hall,
John T. Grape
For Trumpet Duet
This is our tenth duet in the Trumpet Hymn Duet series. This series has become so popular that we have decided to eventually assemble a book out of them.
We believe the reason these duet arrangements have been so popular is because they are very conservative. The harmonies match the original hymns 95% of the time. These are not “modern” arrangements. They are stylistically appropriate for a traditional church service.
And yet, they are also interesting to perform and listen to. It is our hope that you will include this and other Trumpet Hymn Duets in your Sunday morning services.
Copyright Year: 2020
Performance Rights Organization: NA
Jingle Bells – EASY Trumpet Duet
Jingle Bells
Pierpont
One of a easiest trumpet duets!
I wrote this beginning duet for one of my youngest students. He was a first grade student when we did this in his lesson. This is something I like to do for my beginner students. I take the songs they would like to play and simplify them to their personal level and catered to their own limitations. The highest note in the first part is third line D and the shortest rhythmic value is eighth-notes.
Copyright Year: 2017
Performance Rights Organization: NA
Joy – Trumpet Duet Fanfare
Joy
Trumpet Duet Fanfare
Joy has become one of our best selling trumpet duets. We think it’s because the title describes the content of the duet. It says, “Herald your royal event with Joy!”
This is a trumpet duet fanfare in the traditional fanfare style.
Copyright Year: 2021
Performance Rights Organization: BMI
Joy, Joy, Everyone Is Flying – Easy Trumpet Duet
Joy, Joy, Everyone Is Flying
Easy Trumpet Duet
Joy, Joy, Everyone Is Flying is one of the duets in Eddie’s Forty Trumpet Player Duets book. You can read more about that book by clicking HERE.
Free Play-Along Video
We have a free trumpet play-along video of this trumpet duet where you can take it for a test drive before you buy it.
Copyright Year: 2021
Performance Rights Organization: BMI
Joy to the World – Trumpet Christmas Carol Duet
Joy to the World
Isaac Watts, G.F. Handel
Arr. Eddie Lewis
Trumpet Christmas Carol Duet
Spread Christmas joy with this arrangement of Joy to the World for trumpet duet by Eddie Lewis. This is duet number three in our Christmas carol trumpet duet series. Our plans are to continue publishing these duets until we have enough of them to make a book.
Free Play-Along Video
We have a free trumpet play-along video of this trumpet duet arrangement of Joy to the World where you can take it for a test drive before you buy it.
Copyright Year: 2021
Performance Rights Organization: NA
Just as I Am – Trumpet Hymn Duet
Just as I Am
Charlotte Elliott, William B. Bradbury
Trumpet Hymn Duet
Just as I am in our fourteenth Trumpet Hymn Duet. I think this one is just a little easier than the rest of them have been. It is easier technically. The musical side of it may be a bit more challenging than the others, due to the long phrases and delicate melody.
Copyright Year: 2020
Performance Rights Organization: NA
Keeping Promises – Odd Meter Trumpet Duet
Keeping Promises
Odd Meter Trumpet Duet
Keeping Promises is an intermediate trumpet duet in five-eight time signature.
Copyright Year: 2018
Performance Rights Organization: BMI
La Marche du Tout-Petit – Trumpet Duet
La Marche du Tout-Petit
For Trumpet Duet
La Marche du Tout-Petit is a lively, fun, fanfare composition for two trumpets. The composition alternates between two basic rhythmic themes over the top of developing harmonies. This composition is one of Eddie’s intermediate trumpet duets – but it can be a bit of a challenge if you are only sight reading.
Repeats are optional.
Copyright Year: 2018
Performance Rights Organization: BMI
La Phantacita March – Experimental Trumpet Duet
La Phantacita March
Experimental Trumpet Duet
We say that La Phantacita March is an experimental composition utilizing a technique that Eddie Lewis invented in the late 90’s. Back then, he assumed would never work for trumpet duets. Covid 19 taught him otherwise. Not because he got sick or anything like that. No, Covid 19 meant going nine months without a gig, which gave Eddie a LOT of time to think about a LOT of stuff. La Phantacita March was just one of many results of having all that extra time to think.
La Phantacita March is easily one of Eddie’s most difficult trumpet duets.
Blog Post
We have a blog post where you can read more details about this duet and the compositional techniques behind it. You can read that blog post by clicking on the following button:
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Free Play-Along Video
You can take La Phantacita March for a test drive by playing along with a recording of the second trumpet part. You can access this You Play First Chair video by clicking on the following button:
Copyright Year: 2020
Performance Rights Organization: BMI
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence – Christmas Trumpet Duet
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
Christmas Trumpet Duet
Elevate your Christmas program with this unique, almost haunting arrangement of Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence trumpet duet.
Copyright Year: 2022
Performance Rights Organization: BMI
The Little Drummer Boy – Beginner Trumpet Duet
The Little Drummer Boy
Easy Trumpet Duet with Piano
This is an arrangement I wrote for one of my students several years ago. It was originally scored for trumpet, French horn and piano. All of the parts are easy, including the piano part. So, if you have three young students in the family, then they should all be able to learn and perform this arrangement of The Little Drummer Boy.
Copyright Year: 2022
Performance Rights Organization: NA
Morning Dance – Trumpet Duet
Morning Dance
Intermediate Trumpet Duet
Celebrate happiness with this Morning Dance trumpet duet. The main feature of this duet is that it shifts between 6/8 & 3/4.
Copyright Year: 2023
Performance Rights Organization: BMI
My Only Love – Intermediate Trumpet Duet
My Only Love
Intermediate Trumpet Duet
My Only Love is duet number two in our Forty Trumpet Player Duets book. It is a proverbial love song, with a story spelled out in the melodies of the composition.
My Only Love Free Play-Along Video
Copyright Year: 2023
Performance Rights Organization: BMI
Near the Cross – Trumpet Hymn Duet
Near the Cross
Trumpet Hymn Duet
Add something special to your church service with Near the Cross trumpet duet arrangement.
The lyrics from Near the Cross focus on abiding in the gifts of Jesus Christ’s sacrifice. It is a non-physical “place” of rest and healing, “free to all” who will live there.
This trumpet duet arrangement of Near the Cross attempts to portray a range of emotions that I associate with that nearness. The first verse is done softly and without vibrato. This is to portray a somber mood, acknowledging the price that was paid in Jesus Christ’s blood and death. The next verse expresses a sense of undeserved joy, the “Bright and Morning Star” that “Shed His beams around me”. The third verse expresses a more serious tone of hope, “help me walk from day to day”.
Along the way, between these changing moods are other, more subtle shifts in expression. Some of these I only “discovered” when I was in the process of recording the duet.
Near the Cross Trumpet Duet Play Along
We have a free play-along video in our You Play First Chair video series for this Near the Cross trumpet duet arrangement. The You Play First Chair series is meant to give trumpet students an opportunity to practice their sight reading and ensemble playing. However, it also works very well as a way for you to try the piece before you choose to purchase it. You can access that video by clicking on the following button:
Copyright Year: 2022
Performance Rights Organization: NA
O Come All Ye Faithful – Christmas Carol Trumpet Duet
O Come All Ye Faithful
Christmas Carol Trumpet Duet
Delight your audiences with this O Come All Ye Faithful trumpet duet. It is number fifteen in the Christmas carol trumpet duet series.
Copyright Year: 2022
Performance Rights Organization: NA
O Come, O Come Emmanuel – Trumpet Christmas Duet
O Come, O Come Emmanuel
Trumpet Christmas Duet
Add some Christmas peace to your trumpet program with this O Come O Come Emmanuel Trumpet Duet arrangement.
O Come, O Come Emmanuel Trumpet Duet Play Along
We have a free play-along video in our You Play First Chair video series for this O Come, O Come Emmanuel trumpet duet arrangement. The You Play First Chair series is meant to give trumpet students an opportunity to practice their sight reading and ensemble playing. However, it also works very well as a way for you to try the piece before you choose to purchase it. You can access that video by clicking on the following button:
Copyright Year: 2022
Performance Rights Organization: NA
O Sacred Head Now Wounded – Trumpet Hymn Duet
O Sacred Head Now Wounded
For Trumpet Duet
By:
Bernard of Clairvaux
James W. Alexander
Hans L. Hassler
Johann S. Bach
Arr. Eddie Lewis
This trumpet duet hymn arrangement utilizes dissonances to create a somber mood. It is a Good Friday hymn, meaning that the theme of the hymn is Jesus Christ’s crucifixion. Good Friday church services capture the somber mood as a recognition of Jesus’ sacrifice. He gave his life, taking our sins so that we may live. This arrangement was written on Good Friday in 2019. The idea was to stay as close to the original mood and harmonies as possible. Where possible, this duet arrangement preserves as many of Bach’s passing tones and suspensions as is appropriate for just two parts.
Copyright Year: 2019
Performance Rights Organization: NA
Oh, Holy Night – Trumpet Christmas Carol Duet
Oh, Holy Night
For Trumpet Duet
Arr. Eddie Lewis
Peaceful, calming, yet playful, this arrangement of Oh, Holy Night will delight your congregation and audiences. It stays close to the melody most of the time and never departs from the original harmonies.
Free Trumpet Play-Along
We have a free trumpet play-along video in our You Play First Chair video series for this arrangement of Oh, Holy Night. To access that video click the following link:
Copyright Year: 2021
Performance Rights Organization: NA
On Christ the Solid Rock I Stand – Trumpet Hymn Duet
On Christ the Solid Rock I Stand
For Trumpet Duet
By Edward Mote and William B. Bradbury
Arr. Eddie Lewis
Another trumpet duet from our Trumpet Hymn Duet series, On Christ the Solid Rock I Stand is actually one of our less difficult duets from the series. The highest note in the first trumpet part is G above the staff. We do have it listed as a Trumpet Apprentice skill level arrangement because of the sixteenth notes and the tempo. But if you notice where we put it on the You Play First Chair series, it is the easiest of the Trumpet Apprentice pieces (as of this writing).
Copyright Year: 2020
Performance Rights Organization: NA
Paid to Play – Trumpet Duet
Paid to Play
For Trumpet Duet
by Eddie Lewis
Challenge yourself and your trumpet friend with this fun Paid to Play trumpet duet.
Paid to Play trumpet duet is one of the most enjoyable duets in our Forty Trumpet Player duets book. It has almost a Latin feel to it, but it never stops being in a classical style.
Having made a major part of my income playing Salsa gigs in the 90’s, there is a lot of that clave rhythm in most of my writing. There are hints of that rhythm in Paid to Play trumpet duet.
Paid to Play is four pages long and I read it from my iPad with a foot pedal page turner to record the video. Four pages is just a little out of character for the Trumpet Player skill level, but we didn’t want to exclude this very happy duet for only the length.
Copyright Year: 2024
Performance Rights Organization: BMI
Praise to the Lord, the Almightyl – Trumpet Duet
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty
Joachim Neander, Catherine Winkworth
arr. Eddie Lewis
For Trumpet Duet
This arrangement of Praise to the Lord, the Almighty is part of the trumpet duet hymn series Eddie Lewis has been working on over the past couple years. The idea behind the arrangements is to make them interesting without departing from the main harmonies and/or the message of the original hymns. This specific duet in the series presents three verses. The first verse is simply stated, beginning in unison and breaking into harmony half way through. The second verse introduces light counterpoint. The arrangement ends with fanfares that stay very close to the original harmonies. The arrangement is for intermediate to advanced trumpet players. The highest note in the first part is B above the staff.
Copyright Year: 2018
Performance Rights Organization: NA
Quempas Carol – Trumpet Christmas Duet
Quempas Carol
Traditional German
arr. Eddie Lewis
For Trumpet Duet
This trumpet duet arrangement of Quempas Carol is some of the happiest Christmas music I’ve ever written. I encourage you to check it out in the videos or on our Trumpet Christmas Duets album.
Copyright Year: 2023
Performance Rights Organization: NA
Silent Night – Christmas Trumpet Duet
Silent Night
Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr
arr. Eddie Lewis
For Trumpet Duet
Bring peace to your program with this simple but beautiful trumpet duet arrangement of Silent Night.
Eddie Lewis has written at least half a dozen arrangements of Silent Night. Some are jazzy. Some are creative. But this arrangement is part of his Trumpet Christmas Carol Duets series (and future book). The objective of the series is to honor the mood and harmonies of the original hymns. In that regard, the Trumpet Christmas Carol Duets project is a sequel to Eddie’s very popular Trumpet Hymn Duets series (and book). These are not clever arrangements. They are Christmas carols first, trumpet duets second.
We want this trumpet duet arrangement of Silent Night to be 100% appropriate for traditional Church services. It’s not jazzed up. There are not fancy harmonic substitutions. The arrangement showcases the traditional Christmas carol and that’s all.
Silent Night Free Trumpet Play-Along
We have a free trumpet Christmas play-along for this arrangement of Silent Night in our You Play First Chair video series. You can take the arrangement for a test drive by clicking HERE.
Copyright Year: 2021
Performance Rights Organization: NA
Silent Night Medley – Christmas Trumpet Duet
Silent Night Medley
Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr
arr. Eddie Lewis
For Trumpet Duet
Silent Night Medley is a trumpet duet arrangement of Silent Night and God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen. The Silent Night portion of the arrangement has subtle bluesy undertones.
The God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen section is not bluesy. This section has the second part doing a rhythmic accompaniment figure and then breaking into an almost baroque sounding counterpoint.
The two halves of the arrangement don’t necessarily fit with each other, which is part of its charm. At the time, it was my only Christmas duet and I didn’t know I would ever be writing another one.
Silent Night Meldey Free Trumpet Play-Along
We have a free trumpet Christmas play-along for this arrangement of Silent Night Medley in our You Play First Chair video series. You can take the arrangement for a test drive by clicking HERE.
Copyright Year: 2011
Performance Rights Organization: NA
Softly and Tenderly, Jesus Is Calling – Trumpet Duet
Softly and Tenderly, Jesus Is Calling
Will L. Thompson
arr. Eddie Lewis
For Trumpet Duet
Here is number sixteen in the Trumpet Hymn Duet series, Softly and Tenderly. I enjoyed writing this arrangement because it was quite different from the others (from my end as a composer it was different). It was more of a challenge to stay within the theme of “softly and tenderly” while still being true to what a trumpet duet is and should be.
I have written a blog article about this duet that you can read by clicking HERE.
Copyright Year: 2020
Performance Rights Organization: NA
The Star-Spangled Banner Trumpet Duet
The Star-Spangled Banner
Frances Scott Key
Arr. Eddie Lewis
for Trumpet Duet in Two Keys (B flat and C)
Show your patriotism with this very traditional arrangement of The Star-Spangled Banner. This duet arrangement of our National Anthem stays close to the original arrangement. Eddie Lewis used the same approach he takes on his hymn arrangements to create a trumpet duet arrangement that sounds like nothing is missing. There are no awkward fourths or fifths that you might hear if an arrangement is simply using soprano and alto parts.
This is a conservative arrangement that does not stray from the original. Some trumpet players like to spice it up when they perform the Star-Spangled Banner. This is NOT THAT. The point of this arrangement is to honor the original. If you are looking for a trumpet duet that sticks to the traditional sound of the National Anthem, then look no further.
Star-Spangled Banner Play-Along Video
We have a play-along video in our You Play First Chair for this trumpet duet arrangement. You can get to that video by clicking the following button: (Please note that the play-along video doesn’t go live until 5/31)
Copyright Year: 2022
Performance Rights Organization: NA
A Theme for Gardeners Trumpet Duet
A Theme for Gardeners
by Eddie Lewis
A Theme for Gardeners is trumpet duet number sixteen from our Forty Trumpet Player Duets book. It is one of the most beautiful duets I’ve ever written.
Copyright Year: 2023
Performance Rights Organization: BMI
Thrive ‘n’ Jive Jazz Trumpet Duet
Thrive ‘n’ Jive
Jazz Trumpet Duet
by Eddie Lewis
Electrify your trumpet duet library with Thrive ‘n’ Jive Jazz Trumpet Duet.
Thrive ‘n’ Jive Jazz Trumpet Duet is an intermediate composition for two trumpets in the swing style. It was originally composed as a birthday gift to one of our students.
The trumpet duet has two main themes and then goes to a call and response section based on the first theme. If you are familiar with my other duets, then you may have seen these call and response sections in other duets. Both trumpet players take turns playing “calls” between each of the “responses”.
Thrive ‘n’ Jive is probably one of my grooviest trumpet duets and we hope you enjoy working on it and playing it with your trumpet friends.
The key signature for Thrive ‘n’ Jive is two flats, but the key is a C blues. I guess you can say that it’s a dorian blues, even though there aren’t any standard 12 bar blues progressions in the piece.
I don’t often use a blues scale in my writing (or in my improve for that matter). I use what I would call “blues language” instead. When I’m choosing a key signature for a piece, I look at the language and decide from that. If I wrote from the blues scale, then it would be essentially writing from the key. The musical thought comes first, and then the music theory follows.
Copyright Year: 2024
Performance Rights Organization: BMI
Tug-O-War – Easy Trumpet Duet
Tug-O-War
Eddie Lewis
Easy Trumpet Duet
Help your students learn to play up beats with this easy but fun trumpet duet.
This is one of the trumpet duets that was inspired by Eddie Lewis’ student, Riley.
Copyright Year: 2018
Performance Rights Organization: BMI
Walking the Narrow Path – Trumpet Duet
Walking the Narrow Path
by Eddie Lewis
For Trumpet Duet
Not all duets are corny. Some duets can actually be quite artistic and creative. Walking the Narrow Path does not play out like a typical duet. It was conceived as a light performance piece. The rhythms are dreamy and the melodies are almost hypnotic. The piece is in odd meter, which is fun for the musicians and interesting for the audiences. The top note in the first part is a B flat above the staff, which is not high, but the part stays high long enough to be an endurance challenge. The skill level is intermediate/advanced. If you are familiar with Eddie Lewis’ seven levels of difficulty, this composition is at the Trumpet Pro level in his system. This is mostly because of the range and the odd meter time signatures.
Copyright Year: 2018
Performance Rights Organization: BMI
We Three Kings of Orient Are – Christmas Trumpet Duet
We Three Kings of Orient Are
John H. Hopkins, Arr. Eddie Lewis
Christmas Trumpet Duet
Ornament your Christmas program with this We Three Kings trumpet duet, an arrangement from our Christmas Carol Trumpet Duets series.
Copyright Year: 2022
Performance Rights Organization: NA
What a Friend We Have in Jesus – Trumpet Hymn Duet
What a Friend We Have in Jesus
Joseph M. Scriven, Charles C. Converse
by Eddie Lewis
Trumpet Hymn Duet
What a Friend We Have in Jesus is number seventeen in our Trumpet Hymn Duets series. So far, this is the longest of the Trumpet Hymn Duets, but it is also one of the best.
One thing that this duet arrangement has that most of the others don’t is extra non-thematic material. That is how I typically write arrangements, but I’ve been trying to avoid that approach with these Trumpet Duet Hymns. I want to stay as close to the original mood, themes and harmonies as possible, while still having some creative flexibility.
Copyright Year: 2020
Performance Rights Organization: NA
What Child Is This – Trumpet Christmas Carol Duet
What Child Is This [Greensleeves]
William C. Dix, Traditional English
Arr. Eddie Lewis
Trumpet Christmas Carol Duet
What Child Is This trumpet duet is the most beautiful and peaceful of the trumpet Christmas duets Eddie has written so far.
Copyright Year: 2022
Performance Rights Organization: NA
When the Saints Go Marching In – Jazz Trumpet Duet
When the Saints Go Marching In
Jazzy Trumpet Duet
Jazz up your duet repertoire with When the Saints Go Marching In trumpet duet, one of Eddie’s best jazz trumpet duets.
We do have a free play-along video for this arrangement that you can access by clicking HERE.
Copyright Year: 2022
Performance Rights Organization: NA