Cyclic Delights Trumpet Duet from 40 Trumpet Player Duets

Description

Cyclic Delights Trumpet Duet

By Eddie Lewis

Cyclic Delights trumpet duet is an original composition in rondo form. A rondo is written as A – B – A – C – A. The form is typically not as condensed in most classical music as it is in this duet. But I write it that way so that the students can SEE that form more easily.

In Cyclic Delights, each segment of the rondo is only eight bars long. The exception being the opening A, which is twice as long because the second part establishes the first theme as a solo.

The style of Cyclic Delights trumpet duet leans towards a march.

Forty Trumpet Player Duets book

The Cyclic Delights trumpet duet is number eight in our Forty Trumpet Player Duets book. This is a book of intermediate trumpet duets that fit into our Trumpet Player Skill Level. They are listed largely in order of difficulty, so Cyclic Delights  is one of the easier duets in the book.

If you like Cyclic Delights and would like a book of dozens of similar trumpet duets, then we encourage you to visit the Forty Trumpet Player Duets page on this website.

We would also like to encourage you to check out our other duet books as well by clicking HERE (Trumpet Duet Books). We currently publish six different trumpet duet books by Eddie Lewis (as of 2024).

Trumpet Player Skill Level

The most obvious aspect of the Trumpet Player Skill Level is that the highest note is written G above the staff. All the duets in the Forty Trumpet Player Duets book, including this Cyclic Delights trumpet duet, observe this restriction. There are two G sharps above the staff in the first part. There are over third top line F sharps.

In the second part, the highest written note is fourth space E. There are only two of those and over twenty fourth line Ds.

Cyclic Delights is in the key of A (G concert). There are two E sharp accidentals in the first part on the first page of the duet.

Practice Suggestions

Here are a few recommendations for working on this trumpet duet of Cyclic Delights.

• Practice Tonalization Studies in A before working on Cyclic Delights.
• Use your third valve slide on the appropriate notes beneath the staff.
• Take breaks in your practice sessions if your chops need them.
• The articulation studies in Eddie Lewis’ routine books will help you a lot with this duet.

Cyclic Delights Trumpet Duet Play-Along

There is a free trumpet play-along video for this Cyclic Delights Trumpet Duet. We publish these free play-along videos for educational purposes, but they also offer a wonderful opportunity for prospective buyers to take the piece for a “test drive”.

Click the following button to go to that video:

Cyclic Delights Play-Along Video

If you are interested in more of these play-along videos, then the best way to access them is on our other website, EddieLewis.com.

Cyclic Delights Trumpet Duet Score Video

Alternatively, we also have a score video for Cyclic Delights that you can access by clicking HERE. The score allows you to see and hear the duet before you purchase it.

You can use the score video as a substitute for the play-along video. You can even use it to play the second part. But that’s not what it’s for. It’s meant to give you an opportunity to look and hear the piece.

Cyclic Delights Trumpet Duet Performance Video

Below is a performance video of Cyclic Delights Trumpet Duet. The purpose of the performance video is so that you can see that the parts are genuinely playable. In our modern times, it is too easy to write music on computers without ever knowing if the music works. We make these live performance videos to demonstrate that the duets are indeed accessible.