20 Trumpet Tyro Duets
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Twenty Trumpet Tyro Duets is a sequel to our Twenty Trumpet Pioneer
Duets. The trumpet duets in this book cover a range up to fourth space E and
are written in up to three flats and three sharps. There are twenty duets in
this book, but some of the duets have as many as three different versions.
Counting all the different versions, there are thirty-four duets in the book.
The different version of each duet help the students comprehend the theory
behind the music. They learn the music theory by playing it on their
instruments.
These Trumpet Tyro duets make great trumpet lesson assignments. They are
not meant to be sight-read by Trumpet Tyro level students. For sight-reading
materials for students at the Trumpet Tyro level, we recommend the Twenty
Trumpet Pioneer Duets book.
Trumpet Tyro Skill Level
Our trumpet materials are divided over seven different skill levels. The
Trumpet Tyro skill level is the second of those seven. We consider it the
second of two beginner skill levels. Trumpet students working on Trumpet Tyro
level music will typically have between six months to a year of experience on
the trumpet.
The most obvious characteristic of the music in this level is the range.
Nothing at this level will have a range over fourth space E. There are other
characteristics, based on the amount of time the students have to learn the
music theory. This will include things like time signatures, key signatures
and rhythms. The Trumpet Tyro skill level has music that fits within a very
specific boundary on those issues.
As Many as Three Variations
I have been using variations to teach music theory to my students for many
years now. It made sense to include that in this duet book. The variations
present the same duet but with different time signatures and different key
signatures. After they learn the first duet in the set, they can experience
the music theory of the variations by associating the sound they already know
with the new look of the variation duets.
This is a valuable process because it helps the students see the big
picture when it comes to rhythms and key signatures. Their experience with
the variations opens their minds to the true meaning of whats written on the
page.
Warning: Celebrations Repeats
Its important for me to also point out that some of the duets in this book
are also in the Celebrations duet book. The Celebrations book is 101 trumpet
duets for students of all levels. I wrote it before print on demand became
popular and having a duet book for all levels made sense.
Today, with print on demand technology, it is better to sell the customer
products that they can use. A Trumpet Tyro level student will not be able to
play most of the duets in the Celebrations duet book.
That said, I did write a number of new, original duets for this book. And
the Celebrations duet book doesnt have the very important variations. So it
is different enough that you should feel like youve been robbed if you have
purchased both.
Time Signatures
The 20 Trumpet Tyro Duets book covers all of the time signatures included
in the Trumpet Tyro skill level. Here is a list of all the time signatures in
the book and how often they are used:
4-4 Used 7 Times
Cut Time Used 3 Times
2-4 Used 7 Times
3-4 Used 7 Times
3-8 Used 3 Times
6-4 Used 3 Times
6-8 Used 4 Times
Key Signatures
The 20 Trumpet Tyro Duets book uses all of the major keys associated with
this skill level. They are C, F, B flat, E flat, G, D and A. The duets in the
more difficult keys are usually variations of duets in easier keys. So they
are not as difficult to learn as if they were unsupported that way.
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