Solo Training Duets for Trumpets by Aaron Witek is appropriate for advanced high school through professional trumpet players.

In this unique volume, six of the most popular solo works for trumpet are written in duet form as an innovative means to help students develop a deeper understanding of the music. Solo Training Duets helps students develop better rhythmic integrity, improve accuracy and intonation, enhance tone/sound concept, heighten concepts of style and phrasing, and achieve a greater awareness of the accompaniment. In each duet, the solo and accompaniment passages are evenly divided. Though pedagogical in nature, these duets are also suitable for recital performances. The duets include:

Concerto by Franz Joseph Haydn (E-flat and B-flat versions)

Concerto (first movement) by Johann Nepomuk Hummel (E-flat and B-flat versions)

Concerto in E-flat (first movement) by Johan Baptist Georg Neruda (E-flat and B-flat versions)

The Maid of the Mist by Herbert L. Clarke

Andante et Allegretto by Guillaume Balay

Andante et Allegro by J. Guy-Ropartz (B-flat and C versions)

“Dr. Aaron Witek has developed an excellent pedagogical resource for students who are learning the foundational trumpet literature. Performing these works as duets is creative, engaging, productive, and fun. I have enjoyed using this new duet book in lessons with my students and highly recommend it!” - Dr. Jason Bergman, Associate Professor of Music, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music

“This book provides a unique opportunity for students to get beyond knowing just their solo line and to have more depth and understanding of the entire piece. Additionally, these duets can only help enhance style and sight reading.” - Dr. Ryan Gardner, Oklahoma State University

"Whether as a teacher using the material to convey stylistic concepts or as friends playing for pure enjoyment, 'Solo Training Duets for Trumpets' is an excellent arrangement of standard repertoire for trumpet that provides a multitude of possibilities for stylistic development, pitch enhancement, and technical progress. Bravo, Dr. Witek, for creating such a valuable new resource!” - Dr. Christopher Moore, Professor of Trumpet, Florida State University

87 pages, spiral bound to lay flat on the music stand

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