Page7 #7, Minuet

04/05/09 • 1 min

Selected Duets for Trumpet, Page 7 Number 7, Minuet, performed by David Summer. A minuet is a social dance of French origin, for two people, in 3/4 time. This simple, but elegant, minuet has the trumpet 2 part echoing the trumpet 1 part a fifth lower in several places. The metronome setting for this performance is quarter note = 112.

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Page6 #6, Hunting Scene

Selected Duets for Trumpet, Page 6 Number 6, Hunting Scene, performed by David Summer. This duet invokes an image of a European style hunting expedition, complete with the sounding of the hunting horn (the "Trompe-de-Chasse"), from which the modern French Horn is descended. The time signature for this duet is 6/8. When 6/8 is at a fast tempo, it's often said to be "in 2". The performer heavily accents 2 beats to a measure, the first and the fourth beats. The metronome setting for this performance is dotted quarter note = 72.

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Page8 #8, Rustic March

Selected Duets for Trumpet, Page 8 Number 8, Rustic March, performed by David Summer. The second trumpet starts both of the first 2 sections of this march. The third section of the march (the "Trio" section) changes key, as is typical in a march. What is not typical here is that the key change is usually to the subdominant (one flat added). Here the change is key is to the dominant (one flat is removed). The trio section in this march duet is typical however, in that it is in a contrasting style to the rest of the march. For this performance, the repeats are not taken, but the Da Capo is and the metronome setting is quarter note = 108.