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Category: Eight-Bell
Mar 19
Song of Hope/Canto de esperanza (ARGENTINA, for eight handbells)
One of the teens at our church asked if we could make an arrangement of this lively Argentine melody for eight bells. Here’s the result!
Song of Hope/Canto de esperanza (ARGENTINA) – Eight handbells
Song of Hope is a lively, happy hymn set to the tune ARGENTINA. It’s a great greeting or sending song for your service. ¡Dios de la esperanza, danos gozo y paz! Al mundo en crisis, habla tu verdad. Dios de la justicia, mándanos tu luz, Luz y esperanza en la oscuridad. Oremos por la paz, …
Mar 05
Gwerzy – for Eight Handbells!
We’ve (finally!) decided to release this one. Gwerzy has been a challenge to the handbell world since it was arranged for full handbell choir in the 1990s. It’s our privilege to continue the fun (with permission from Kíla – thank you Colm and Dee!) with our eight-handbell arrangement. As Robert Conrad used to say in …
Gwerzy – Eight handbells
Colm O’Snodaigh and Dee Armstrong, members of the Irish band Kíla, wrote Gwerzy a lively – insanely lively – piece. Our eight-handbell arrangement will keep you busy for a while, and is loads of fun to play! Standard Version: ”Dual-Range”™ Score Package: $ US And in case you want to compare it to the original …
Feb 27
Larry and Carla’s Fourth “Surprisingly Easy”™ Hymn Collection for Eight Handbells
We present our fourth “Surprisingly Easy”™ eight-bell hymn collection! Here’s what it contains (which you can order separately… but getting the whole collection is a better deal!): Abide with Me Come, Christians, Join to Sing I Sing the Mighty Power of God In the Garden My Faith Looks Up to Thee We Gather Together What …
Larry and Carla’s Fourth “Surprisingly Easy”™ Eight-Bell Hymn Collection
Our fourth (!) collection of “Surprisingly Easy”™ eight-bell hymns is like our previous three collections. It contains music that you can prepare relatively quickly, and which will enhance your worship service. You can play this music with two four-in-hand ringers… or you could have four ringers with two bells each. Beginning ringers will have fun …
My Faith Looks Up to Thee (OLIVET) – Eight handbells
My Faith Looks Up to Thee by Lowell Mason is a thoughtful contemplation on the nature of trust in God and confidence in His promises. Looking upward is a huge part of faith; it’s a physical representation of God being above us, and around us, and higher than we are. Our need for now and …
Feb 23
At the Cross (HUDSON) – the standard eight-handbell version!
We’ve had a “Surprisingly Easy”™ version of the hymn tune HUDSON since 2015, but it took a while longer to write a “standard” version. Here it is!
Feb 20
Come, All You People, Praise Our God (ODAWA) – for Eight Handbells
We gather each week to celebrate the greatness of the God who has saved us. Here’s our eight-bell arrangement of this hymn text, set to the tune ODAWA.
