8 Trumpet Duet Books by Eddie Lewis

Trumpet Hymn Duets by Eddie Lewis
Trumpet Christmas Duets trumpet ebook
Unadorned Hymn Duets Trumpet Duet Book
Unadorned Christmas Carol Duets Trumpet Duet Book
Celebrations Trumpet Duet Book
Twenty Trumpet Pioneer Duets

Twenty Trumpet Tyro Duets trumpet duet book
40 Trumpet Player Duets

Trumpet duet books have long been a source of entertainment for trumpet players around the world. Not only do we use them as a fun way to practice sight-reading, but they also offer us an opportunity to “hang out” with other trumpet paying friends.

Eddie Lewis has published eight trumpet duet books so far, with plans for more in the works. His eight trumpet duet books include over four hundred trumpet duets in total. There are trumpet duets for every skill level spread across his books, giving you a lot of material to sight-read with your trumpet buddies.

We have listed all eight trumpet duet books on our Books page, but wanted to dedicate a single web page to Eddie’s trumpet duet books alone. That way we can discuss the differences between the books so you can make informed decisions about purchasing them.

We list Eddie’s trumpet duet books in order of popularity, with the most popular books at the top.

Trumpet Hymn Duets

Trumpet Hymn Duets by Eddie Lewis

Trumpet Hymn Duets

Trumpet Hymn Duets is not only our best selling of the eight trumpet duet books on this page, but it is also our over all best selling book. You can see our other books on the Books page of the website.

Trumpet Hymn Duets is a duet book of traditional hymns written for intermediate to advanced trumpet players. The biggest difference between Trumpet Hymn Duets and the Unadorned Hymn Duets books is that this Trumpet Hymn Duets book is fully arranged. The hymns in this trumpet duet book include introductions, fancy endings, modulations and other special treatments. In contrast, the Unadorned Hymn Duets are not fully arranged.

Listen to the Duets

All of the trumpet duets from Trumpet Hymn Duets have been published as a digital album and can be enjoyed on any streaming platform. To access those recordings, please feel free to use the following links:

What Makes These Duets Unique?

There are many trumpet duet books on the market the feature traditional hymns. What makes Eddie Lewis’ Trumpet Hymn Duets unique is that they are not “jazzed up”. Eddie’s duet arrangements of the hymns never stop sounding like the hymns. They are never so overly arranged that you don’t know what hymn you are listening to.

This is because, for this series of trumpet duet arrangements, Eddie was strict in his efforts to honor the harmonies and the mood of the original hymn. When he composed these trumpet duets, he wanted them to be 100% appropriate for traditional church services.

Play-Along Recordings

We also published play-along recordings for the Trumpet Hymn Duets book. Use the links below to access those recordings:

If you prefer to purchase and download the play-along album as MP3’s, then you can do that at our online music store, Tiger Music, by clicking HERE.

Book Info

  • Number of Pages: 60
  • Number of Duets: 21
  • Skill Levels: Intermediate to Advanced
  • Highest Written Note: D above High C
  • ISBN: 978-1-71652-164-5

Physical Trumpet Duet Books

You can purchase physical versions of the Trumpet Hymn Duets book at the following online book stores:

Trumpet Duet Books via PDF Download

You can purchase the Trumpet Hymn Duets as a digital PDF download at the following online stores:

Trumpet Christmas Duets

Trumpet Christmas Duets trumpet ebook

Trumpet Christmas Duets

Trumpet Christmas Duets is a Christmas sequel to Eddie Lewis’ Trumpet Hymn Duets, which is described above. What makes it a sequel?

The Trumpet Hymn Duets were designed to honor the harmonies and mood of the original hymns. The same is true for Trumpet Christmas Duets. At no time are these Christmas duets so overly arranged that you can no longer hear the Christmas carol in the duet.

As with the Trumpet Hymn Duets, Eddie wanted these Christmas carols to be 100% appropriate for traditional church services. No modern treatments of the Christmas carols. No jazzy rhythms or harmonies. These duets are arranged. They have introductions and modulations and they are more exciting than just the hymns by themselves. But the arrangements never lose site of the original Christmas carols.

Listen to the Duets

Recordings of the duets in this Trumpet Christmas Duets book have been published as a digital album and are available for streaming at the following platforms:

Trumpet Christmas Duets vs. Unadorned Christmas Carol Duets

Eddie has written two Christmas trumpet duet books. The duets in the Trumpet Christmas Duets book are fully arranged. They have introductions and modulations and other interesting features which make the duets more exciting to read and to listen to. The Unadorned  Christmas Carol Duets are not arranged. They are simply stated versions of standard Christmas carols from around the world.

If you are looking for a trumpet duet book that has some technical challenges but still remain 100% appropriate for traditional church services, then Trumpet Christmas Duets is the book you are looking for.

Trumpet Play-Along Recordings

We also have play-along recordings for these trumpet duets. You can access those recordings at the following streaming services:

If you prefer MP3s for your play-along files, then you can download them at our online music store, Tiger Music, by clicking HERE.

Book Info

  • Number of Pages: 56
  • Number of Duets: 21
  • Skill Levels: Intermediate to Advanced
  • Highest Written Note: B above the Staff
  • ISBN: 979-8-89402-000-6

Physical Trumpet Duet Books

You can purchase physical versions of the Trumpet Christmas Duets book at the following online book stores:

Trumpet Duet Books via PDF Download

You can purchase the Trumpet Christmas Duets as a digital PDF download at the following online stores:

Unadorned Hymn Duets

Unadorned Hymn Duets Trumpet Duet Book

Unadorned Hymn Duets

The Unadorned Hymn Duets are derived from Eddie Lewis’ Unadorned Trumpet Hymns video series on YouTube. Eddie published hymn videos every week for many years. They were not presented as “duets” and the idea to publish a book of these hymns was not the original plan.

Fortunately, the Unadorned Trumpet Hymns series was so successful that people from around the world were asking for the “sheet music”. The only problem was, there was not sheet music. Eddie improvised the second parts with nothing written down.

To be clear, the duets we published in the Unadorned Hymn Duets book are not exactly the same arrangements as my original video series. That’s one of the reasons why we changed the name of the book.

The duets in the Unadorned Hymn Duets book are better than the original hymns Eddie posted on his YouTube channel.

Trumpet Hymn Duets vs. Unadorned Hymn Duets

We already clarified the difference between these two books above, but will do so again here, in case you skipped the previous descriptions. The Unadorned Hymn Duets book contains over 100 hymns simply arranged for two trumpets. Unlike the trumpet hymn duets, there are not added materials in the “unadorned” arrangements.  That’s why we say that they are “unadorned”.

The Unadorned Hymn Duets book and the Trumpet Hymn Duets fulfill very different purposes. If you are looking for simple arrangements that are easy enough for almost any trumpet player, then the Unadorned Hymn Duets will be a perfect fit.

Book Info

  • Number of Pages: 164
  • Number of Duets: 152
  • Skill Levels: Intermediate
  • Highest Written Note: G above the Staff [very few of these]

Physical Trumpet Duet Books

You can purchase physical versions of the Unadorned Hymn Duets book at the following online book stores:

Trumpet Duet Books via PDF Download

You can purchase the Unadorned Hymn Duets as a digital PDF download at the following online stores:

Unadorned Christmas Carol Duets

Unadorned Christmas Carol Duets Trumpet Duet Book

Unadorned Christmas Carol Duets

Unadorned Christmas Carol Duets is a book of 76 traditional Christmas carols arranged for trumpet duet. In a sense, the Unadorned Christmas Carol Duets is a sequel to the Unadorned Hymn Duets book. Both are very simply arranged with no introductions, no fancy endings, no modulations and no elaborate treatments of the hymns.

For those who do Christmas gigs, the duets in this Unadorned Christmas Carol Duets book are reminiscent of the Salvation Army Christmas books. They include only a simple statement of the melody and a working second part.

Unadorned Christmas Carol Duets vs. Trumpet Christmas Duets

The Unadorned Christmas Carol Duets book serves a different purpose from the Trumpet Christmas Duets book. First of all, the Unadorned Christmas Carol Duets are easier. There are also a lot more Christmas carols in the “unadorned” book than there are in the Trumpet Christmas Duets book. Unadorned Christmas Carol Duets has 76 Christmas Carols in it. Trumpet Christmas Duets only has twenty-one.

Unadorned Christmas Carol Duets is perfect if you are looking for Salvation Army styled Christmas carols. Simple arrangements with good sounding harmony parts.

Book Info

  • Number of Pages: 100
  • Number of Duets: 76
  • Skill Levels: Intermediate
  • Highest Written Note: A above the Staff [very few of these]

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Physical Trumpet Duet Books

You can purchase physical versions of the Unadorned Hymn Duets book at the following online book stores:

Trumpet Duet Books via PDF Download

You can purchase the Unadorned Christmas Carol Duets as a digital PDF download at the following online stores:

Celebrations: 101 Original Trumpet Duets

Celebrations Trumpet Duet Book

Celebrations

Celebrations is Eddie Lewis’ very first trumpet duet book. When he wrote the duets for Celebrations, he had no idea that he would go on to write seven more duets.

When Eddie published Celebrations, Print On Demand technology was as firmly established as it is today. For that reason, it made more sense to publish a single book for all skill levels. That’s what Celebrations is. It begins with whole-not duets and gradually advances until the skill level is practically virtuosic.

What trumpet players enjoy most about the Celebrations duet book is it’s variety of styles. It has an exciting mixture of classical, jazz, Latin and contemporary styles. All of the reviews “celebrate” this aspect of the book.

Eddie draws upon his experiences as a performer of every style applicable to the trumpet and packages those styles in duet form – for your sight reading pleasure!

Some Overlap

There is some overlap between the duets in the Celebrations book and the three educational duet books. However, the duets in those books have been presented in more than one key. So the overlap is really only trivial.

Listen to the Duets

100 of the trumpet duets from Celebrations have been published as a digital album and can be enjoyed on any streaming platform. To access those recordings, please feel free to use the following links:

Book Info

  • Number of Pages: 169
  • Number of Duets: 101
  • Skill Levels:  Beginner to Virtuoso
  • Highest Written Note: Eb above High C
  • ISBN:

Physical Trumpet Duet Books

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Trumpet Duet Books via PDF Download

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20 Trumpet Pioneer Duets (Beginner Level I)

Twenty Trumpet Pioneer Duets

20 Trumpet Pioneer Duets

20 Trumpet Pioneer Duets is the ideal duet book for beginner trumpet students. Some of the duets are barrowed from Eddie’s Celebrations book, but most of them are new originals.

Eddie has a skill level system with seven skill levels in it. The first beginner level is the Trumpet Pioneer level. Duets at the Trumpet Pioneer level are limited to third space C. The smallest rhythmic unit is quarter-notes. And the key signatures are limited to one flat or one sharp.

Beginners

Eddie Lewis has been teaching beginner trumpet students for his entire teaching career. He taught his first beginner in 1980 when he was in high school and was asked by his band director, Al Mendez, to help a student in one of the junior high schools.

When Eddie Wrote 10 Trumpet Pioneer Duets, he had over four decades of experience teaching beginners. His goal for the book was to write beginner trumpet duets that even a professional player would be proud to perform. Not an easy task.

Some Overlap

Some of the duets in this 20 Trumpet Pioneer Duets book are also included in the Celebrations book. We try to make sure people know this so that the won’t feel like they’ve been cheated if they have both books.

In most cases, the duets that come from the Celebrations book have been modified in some way to make them more valuable. Technically, with the alterations, the 20 Trumpet Pioneer Duets book has more than 20 duets, if you include the altered copies.

Book Info

  • Number of Pages: 38
  • Number of Duets: 20
  • Skill Levels:  Beginner
  • Highest Written Note: C in the Staff
  • ISBN: 978-1-79484-299-1

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Physical Trumpet Duet Books

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Trumpet Duet Books via PDF Download

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20 Trumpet Tyro Duets (Beginner Level II)

Twenty Trumpet Tyro Duets trumpet duet book

20 Trumpet Tyro Duets

The Trumpet Tyro skill level is the second of two beginner levels in Eddie Lewis’ skill level system. Materials in this level are limited to the fourth space E. The eighth-note is the smallest rhythmic value. And key signatures are limited to three flats and three sharps.

Beginners

Eddie Lewis has been teaching beginner trumpet students for his entire teaching career. He taught his first beginner in 1980 when he was in high school and was asked by his band director, Al Mendez, to help a student in one of the junior high schools.

When Eddie Wrote 20 Trumpet Tyro Duets, he had over four decades of experience teaching beginners. His goal for the book was to write beginner trumpet duets that even a professional player would be proud to perform. Not an easy task.

Some Overlap

Some of the duets in this 20 Trumpet Tyro Duets book are also included in the Celebrations book. We try to make sure people know this so that the won’t feel like they’ve been cheated if they have both books.

In most cases, the duets that come from the Celebrations book have been modified in some way to make them more valuable. Technically, with the alterations, the 20 Trumpet Pioneer Duets book has more than 20 duets, if you include the altered copies.

Book Info

  • Number of Pages: 52
  • Number of Duets: 20
  • Skill Levels:  Beginner
  • Highest Written Note: Fourth Space E
  • ISBN: 978-1-67816-796-7

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Physical Trumpet Duet Books

You can purchase physical versions of the 20 Trumpet Tyro Duets book at the following online book stores:

Trumpet Duet Books via PDF Download

You can purchase the 20 Trumpet Tyro Duets as a digital PDF download at the following online stores:

40 Trumpet Player Duets (Intermediate Level I)

40 Trumpet Player Duets

40 Trumpet Player Duets

40 Trumpet Player Duets is the most recent duet book from our educational duet book series.

The Trumpet Player skill level is the first of two intermediate skill levels in Eddie Lewis’ system of seven skill levels. The duets at this level are limited in range to the G above the staff. Most other limitations listed in the two beginner levels are removed at this level.

One thing that hasn’t been mentioned here yet is that the skill levels of the duets are for practicing, not sight reading. The duets in this 40 Trumpet Player Duets book are meant to be practiced by students of this skill level, not sight read. Sight reading should be done at a level lower than the student’s current skill level.

Great Assignments

40 Trumpet Player Duets is a wonderful book to use as assignment material in your lessons. It covers every key signature and a variety of different styles and time signatures.

Book Info

  • Number of Pages: 128
  • Number of Duets: 40
  • Skill Levels:  Intermediate
  • Highest Written Note: G Above the Staff
  • ISBN: 978-0-9818918-9-7

Physical Trumpet Duet Books

You can purchase physical versions of the 40 Trumpet Player Duets book at the following online book stores:

Trumpet Duet Books via PDF Download

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