Selected Duets For Trumpet Podcast

Selected Duets for Trumpet, Page 17 Number 13, Allegro, performed by David Summer. This third, and last, duet by Metger is fairly complex rhythmically when both trumpet parts are played together. It’s rare to see the rhythm pattern "dotted-eighth, sixteenth, eighth" played against 3 eighth notes for example, as occurs more than once here. The duet also changes meter from 6/8 to 4/4, with the quarter note in the new meter equal to the dotted quarter in the previous meter. All of this can prove challenging to the student, but provides the teacher with a good opportunity to introduce changing meters and to show how the time change is marked to make the transition smooth. This type of meter change happens frequently in musicals, especially in dance sections. The metronome setting for this performance is dotted quarter note = 96.