Beginner-Friendly Clarinet and Trumpet Duets
The Beginning Band Fun Book’s FUNsembles: Book of Easy Duets (Clarinet/Trumpet)
What Is This Book?
The Beginning Band Fun Book’s FUNsembles: Book of Easy Duets (Clarinet/Trumpet) is a collection of more than thirty easy duets designed especially for beginning band students. Each duet helps young players learn how to perform with a partner while building core musical skills. Students learn to listen, blend, and keep a steady beat while having fun making music together.
Who Is This Book For?
This book is ideal for elementary and middle school beginners in their first one to two years of playing.
It works well for school band programs, private lessons, small group instruction, and home learners.
Directors can use it for full-band sectionals, pull-out lessons, or after-school ensembles.
Parents and students can use it for at-home practice with a friend, sibling, or teacher.
What Makes This Book Easy for Kids to Learn?
The duets are written at an easy level so young clarinet and trumpet players can focus on playing together, not struggling with notes.
Parts are clearly laid out to make counting and following the music simple for beginners.
Progression is gradual, helping students build confidence in rhythm, tempo, and ensemble awareness.
Repetition and familiar patterns support reading skills and make the music approachable for new players.
What Music Does the Book Include?
This book includes more than thirty easy duets specifically written for beginning band students.
The pieces emphasize simple rhythms, comfortable ranges, and clear melodies that sound good when played in pairs.
Students experience a variety of short, tuneful pieces that keep them engaged while strengthening ensemble skills.
Are There Fun Extras Included?
This book focuses on the music itself and does not include additional extras.
What’s Inside the Book?
Over thirty easy duets for beginning band students
Coordinated parts written for clarinet and trumpet
Balanced duet writing so both players have interesting parts
Music that reinforces steady beat, counting, and ensemble listening
Pieces suitable for lessons, practice, and informal performances
Ensemble-focused material that prepares students for band, orchestra, and jazz settings
Flexible use with coordinating editions for woodwinds, brass, and percussion
Skills Your Child Will Learn
Playing in duet and small ensemble settings
Listening and blending with another musician
Steady beat and rhythmic accuracy
Keeping a consistent tempo with a partner
Improved tone, balance, and intonation awareness
Musical communication and following or leading
Confidence performing with other players
How to Use This Book
Teachers can use the duets in lessons to develop ensemble skills from the very beginning of instruction.
Band directors can pair students by instrument or mix instruments using coordinating editions for woodwinds, brass, and percussion.
Students can play with a classmate, sibling, or parent who plays an instrument to make home practice more engaging.
Use the duets as warm-ups, sight-reading exercises, or informal concert pieces for school events and recitals.
Rotate which student plays the top or bottom part so both learn to follow and to lead in an ensemble setting.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this book suitable for absolute beginners?
Yes. The duets are written for early beginners and are designed to be approachable within the first year or two of playing.
Can clarinet and trumpet really play together from this book?
Yes. This edition is specifically created for clarinet and trumpet, with parts that are written to sound good together.
Can I use this with other instruments?
Yes. Combine this book with the matching editions for woodwinds, brass, and percussion to create flexible duet pairings across instruments.
Is this book good for school band programs?
Yes. It’s ideal for sectionals, beginner band classes, and small ensembles, and helps students prepare for full-band performance.
Can these duets be used for performances?
Yes. Many of the duets are suitable for concerts, recitals, and informal performances at school or home.
Learn More
For additional music tutorials and demonstrations, visit the official Music Fun Books YouTube Channel.
Where to get it
Available now on Amazon.