Bill’s Books -- and Recordings!
Before getting to Bill’s trumpet method books, let’s talk about Bill’s trumpet recordings! In the early 1990’s, Bill recorded a series of cassette tapes, to be able to disseminate his trumpet instruction as widely as possible. Some of the tapes were designed to accompany his books, and others were made as stand-alone information. I recently converted these tapes to digital form. Since Bill recorded these himself using home equipment, the sound quality is not the highest, but they are definitely listenable, and the information Bill gives is very solid. Bill really knew how to cut through all the common myths of trumpet playing, trumpet embouchure, high range, pedal tones, and so on. Bill provides fundamental information about trumpet playing technique that will never go out of style! I am pleased to make these recordings available as mp3 downloads for $3.00 each. Each recording lasts about 45 minutes. If you purchase one, I will email you the Sendspace URL so you can download the mp3 zip file. Each file is approximately 45 MB in size.
Bill’s Recordings
Building Endurance On Trumpet mp3 download: $3.00
The Secret Of Becoming A Great Trumpet Player mp3 download: $3.00
The Knevitt-Cimera Method mp3 download (to accompany the book of the same name): $3.00
How To Develop Your Range To Third Pedal C mp3 download: $3.00
Screech With The Best Of Them mp3 download: $3.00
Building A Strong And Flexible Embouchure mp3 download (to accompany the book of the same name): $3.00
All right! Now let's get to . . .
Bill’s Books
The Developing Trumpet Player
Some trumpet books contain only exercises, which young students often find to be boring. Others contain only music, which often does little to promote technical development. This book, written for the school-aged player, has both!
Every lesson has two pages of trumpet exercises, and two pages of music in the styles of theme and variation, jazz, classical, and ballad. For the trumpet teacher looking to spark renewed interest in young students, this is the book to use. 80 pages, spiral bound. Price including shipping, $20.00. (International buyers: Sorry, but I must ask you to add an additional $6.00 shipping charge.)
To see a free sample lesson from this book, please click here.
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The Developing Trumpet Player in Bass Clef
This book is identical to the above book, except for one difference: It’s in bass clef! I received a request from a baritone/tuba player to transpose the Developing Player book to bass clef to provide him with a good grounding of bass-clef studies. There are some exercises that are “trumpet-specific,” but overall this should provide a good series of growth exercises for our lower-octave cousins.
80 pages, spiral bound. Price including shipping, $20.00. (International buyers: Sorry, but I must ask you to add an additional $6.00 shipping charge.)
To see a free sample lesson from this book, please click here.
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Professional Trumpet Routines
A 52-week course of trumpet study designed to develop the trumpet range, power, endurance, technic, and control required of today’s business trumpet player. To date, everyone who has successfully completed this book has become a professional player within one year, if he/she wasn’t one already. 161 pages, spiral bound. Price including shipping, $27.00. (International buyers: Sorry, but I must ask you to add an additional $6.00 shipping charge.)
Bill incorporates exercises from Arban’s Method, Clarke’s Technical Studies, and the St. Jacome Method in this book.
To see a free sample lesson from this book, please click here.
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36 Warmups for the Intermediate Player
This is a collection of 36 progressive warmups for the intermediate trumpet player. These exercises focus not only on getting the lips to vibrate freely, but making sure the tongue and fingers are set also. Bill also reminds developing trumpet players that “it is of utmost importance to get set mentally for whatever you will face for the day.” Developing and intermediate players will benefit from starting each practice session with two or three of these warmups. 26 pages, spiral bound. Price including shipping, $18.00. (International buyers: Sorry, but I must ask you to add an additional $6.00 shipping charge.)
To see free sample pages from this book, please click here.
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Developing 21st Century Range and Endurance on Trumpet
In the 21st century the lead trumpet player will need a strong G above high C even to play in amateur bands. To play professionally will require even more range, along with the embouchure endurance to keep it up for the entire job. Bill Knevitt says, “This is the most advanced trumpet method book I have written, but it is only for those players who wish to be top trumpet players in the 21st century.”
Any trumpet player, no matter how advanced, will improve using this book. 152 pages, spiral bound. Price including shipping, $32.00. (International buyers: Sorry, but I must ask you to add an additional $6.00 shipping charge.)
In this book, Bill incorporates lessons from these “companion” books: The Arban Method, the St. Jacome Method, and Clarke’s Technical Studies and Setting-Up Drills. (The necessary Setting-Up Drills are available for free PDF download on my home page.)
To see a free sample lesson from this book, please click here.
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The Truth About How To Play Double High C on Trumpet
This book is destined to become known as the most authoritative ever written on the subject, because it contains the four necessary ingredients to playing double high C on trumpet. Already selling in the hundreds world wide, it is turning players around who were ready to quit! Entertaining and easy to read, every page is jam-packed with vital information you will need to help you play easily in the trumpet’s upper register. 72 pages, spiral bound. Price including shipping, $20.00. (International buyers: Sorry, but I must ask you to add an additional $6.00 shipping charge.)
Testimonials:
“I learned more from your book in two nights than I did from studying with a prominent teacher for 13 years!”
-J.P. Detroit, Michigan
“Your book is excellent! I have already increased my range after a short while.”
-F.D. New Palz, New York
“Your book is wonderful. Congratulations!”
-Charles Colin, New York, New York
If you would like to see a few free sample pages from this book, please click here.
Getting Started Right on Trumpet
As a lifelong trumpet teacher, Bill Knevitt has covered every ability level, from beginner to professional. This is a short booklet he wrote in 1993, which is directed at the young trumpet student picking up the trumpet for the first time and blowing those precious first notes. As he states in the introduction, the purpose of this booklet is to “fill the gap between theory and practice by giving the student exercises in the fundamentals of playing the trumpet, while making it fun at the same time.” He also quotes a band director saying, “After using the Bill Knevitt exercises, I can honestly say that this year’s beginning trumpets are the best I have had in all my years of teaching.”
Due to this book’s short length (21 pages), to avoid shipping fees it is available only as a PDF download. Only $6.00.
If you would like to see a couple of free sample pages from this book, please click here.
Building Power in the Upper Register on Trumpet
For many years Bill Knevitt searched for the very foundation of upper register trumpet playing. He found two! Based upon 13 “magical” notes, if practiced as instructed you will develop a bigger trumpet sound in all registers while increasing your range at the same time. No longer will you be a “squeaker” in the upper register ...you will become a PLAYER in the upper register! 55 pages, spiral bound. Price including shipping, $22.00. (International buyers: Sorry, but I must ask you to add an additional $6.00 shipping charge.)
To see free sample pages from this book, please click here.
Building A Strong And Flexible Embouchure - Your Key To Endurance on Trumpet 
A strong trumpet embouchure is of little value if it is not flexible... and a flexible embouchure is of little value if it is not strong. Practiced correctly, this book will build both strength and flexibility into your embouchure, while giving you endurance that will allow you to play for hours without tiring. 36 pages, spiral bound. Price including shipping, $18.00. (International buyers: Sorry, but I must ask you to add an additional $6.00 shipping charge.)
To see free sample pages from this book, please click here.
Also available! Bill made an accompanying tape to this book, in which he demonstrates how to play each of the lessons throughout the book. You can not only get Bill’s valuable information, but play along with him as well! More information at top of page.
The Ultra Trumpet Crash Course for Home Study 
Players have come from all over the United States and from foreign countries to take “The Ultra-Trumpet Crash Course” from Bill Knevitt in person. One player who took the course wrote that he learned more in two days than he had learned in the previous 20 years! By popular demand this course is now available for home study. 200 pages, spiral bound. Price including shipping, $27.00. (International buyers: Sorry, but I must ask you to add an additional $6.00 shipping charge.)
There are a few “companion books” that you will need to use as part of the Crash Course lessons: The Arban Method, Herbert L. Clarke's Technical Studies, and Sigmund Hering's Forty Progressive Studies and Thirty-two Etudes. Bill also uses lessons from his own book Building A Strong And Flexible Embouchure in the Crash Course. If you don't yet have this book, I’ll let you buy it at half price ($9.00) when you buy the Crash Course. Please see button below.
DON'T FORGET TO SEE BELOW FOR BILL’S RECORDINGS OF ALL THE CRASH COURSE LESSONS!
To see a free sample lesson from this book, please click here.
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BRAND NEW! I recently acquired copies of a series of cassette tapes that Bill recorded in the early ’90s, in which he plays and narrates every single one of the 52 lessons of the Crash Course. (Thanks, Larry!) I converted these cassettes to digital format, edited them for brevity and clarity, and posted them to SendSpace. I am making them available to those who own the Crash Course book, so you can play along and listen to Bill’s tips and stories as you go. It’s like having Bill sitting next to you, teaching, guiding, and motivating, as you practice! Since Bill recorded these using inexpensive home equipment, the sound quality is just so-so, but it’s definitely listenable. Each lesson is in an mp3 zip-file format, approximately 45 MB. You can download a sample (lesson 20) by copying and pasting this link into your browser’s address bar:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/3uhx3x
If you want to purchase individual lessons, I am charging the nominal fee of $1.00 each. Please email me at bob_latorre@hotmail.com for details. Or, you can purchase the entire set for $50.00 by clicking the PayPal button below. I'll send you an email containing all of the download URLs. Give it a try! Though Bill is sadly no longer with us, his voice and inspiration live on!
