Before getting to Bill's books, let's talk about Bill's tapes! In the early 1990's, Bill recorded a series of cassette tapes, to be able to disseminate his 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 is solid. Bill really knew how to cut through all the myths of trumpet playing, and provide 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 tape 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.
Building Endurance On Trumpet: $3.00
The Secret Of Becoming A Great Trumpet Player: $3.00
The Knevitt-Cimera Method (to accompany the book of the same name): $3.00
How To Develop Your Range To Third Pedal C: $3.00
Screech With The Best Of Them: $3.00
Building A Strong And Flexible Embouchure (to accompany the book of the same name): $3.00
The Developing Trumpet Player
Some 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 2 pages of exercises, and 2 pages of music in the styles of theme and variation, jazz, classical, and ballad. For the 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 will be asked to add an additional $6.00 shipping cost.)
To see a sample lesson from this book, please click here for page 1, here for page 2, here for page 3, and here for page 4.
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 will be asked to add an additional $6.00 shipping cost.)
To see a sample lesson from this book, please click here for page 1, here for page 2, here for page 3, and here for page 4.
Professional Trumpet Routines
A 52-week course of study designed to develop the 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 will be asked to add an additional $6.00 shipping cost.)
Bill incorporates exercises from Arban's Method, Clarke's Technical Studies, and the St. Jacome Method in this book.
To see a sample lesson from this book, please click here for page 1, here for page 2, here for page 3, here for page 4, and here for page 5.
36 Warmups for the Intermediate Player
This is a collection of 36 progressive warmups for the intermediate 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 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 will be asked to add an additional $6.00 shipping cost.)
To see sample pages from this book, please click here for page 1 and here for page 2.
Developing 21st Century Range and Endurance on Trumpet
In the 21st century the lead player will need a strong G above high C even to play in amateur bands. To play professionally will require more, along with the endurance to keep it up for the entire job. Bill Knevitt says, “This is the most advanced method book I have written, but it is only for those players who wish to be top players in the 21st century.”
Any player, no matter how advanced, will improve using this book. 152 pages, spiral bound. Price including shipping, $32.00. (International buyers will be asked to add an additional $6.00 shipping cost.)
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 sample lesson from this book, please click here for page 1, here for page 2, here for page 3, here for page 4, here for page 5, here for page 6, and here for page 7.
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. 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 upper register. 72 pages, spiral bound. Price including shipping, $20.00. (International buyers will be asked to add an additional $6.00 shipping cost.)
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 sample pages from this book, please click here for page 1, here for page 2, and here for page 3.
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 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." 21 pages, staple bound. Price including shipping, $8.00. (International buyers will be asked to add an additional $6.00 shipping cost.)
Special educator's discount! If you order ten or more of this book, I will let you have them at half price. Email me at bob_latorre@hotmail.com for details.
If you would like to see a couple of sample pages from this book, please click here for page 1 and here for page 2.
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 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 will be asked to add an additional $6.00 shipping cost.)
To see sample pages from this book, please click here for page 1, and here for page 2.
Building A Strong And Flexible Embouchure - Your Key To Endurance on Trumpet 
A strong embouchure is of little value if it is not flexible... and a flexible embouchure is of little value if itis 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 will be asked to add an additional $6.00 shipping cost.)
To see sample pages from this book, please click here for page 1, and here for page 2.
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 will be asked to add an additional $6.00 shipping cost.)
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 email me at bob_latorre@hotmail.com for details.
PLEASE SEE BELOW FOR BILL'S RECORDINGS OF ALL THE CRASH COURSE LESSONS!
To see sample pages from this book, please click here for page 1, here for page 2, here for page 3, and here for page 4.
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 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!
