Category: Handbell Ensemble

Sep 22

It’s Our Anniversary!

By admin in Choraegus, Choral music, Christmas, Church Music, Classical Music, Easter, Eight-Bell, Handbell Choir, Handbell Ensemble, Handbell solo, Handbells, Instrumental, International Music, Larry and Carla, Low Ding Zone, Six-Bell, Sixteen-Bell, Twelve-Bell

Today is our tenth anniversary! Not Choraegus (we celebrated 26 years at the end of last year), but OURS, as in Larry & Carla. From God making it possible for us to meet on the Handbell Community Online, to Facebook, to Skype, and through the Bay View Week of Handbells, where we met and got …

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Aug 29

Away in a Manger (CRADLE SONG) – for twelve handbells

By admin in Choraegus, Christmas, Church Music, Handbell Choir, Handbell Ensemble, Handbells, Twelve-Bell

Away in a Manger is sung to several melodies; among them are CRADLE SONG/KIRKPATRICK, MURRAY, and NORMANDY. It’s our pleasure to introduce you to our new twelve-bell arrangement of CRADLE SONG by William Kirkpatrick! Our new arrangement of this Christmas song for twelve handbells has versions in Bb major (C5-G5) and C major (D5-A6), so …

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Aug 18

Go Tell It on the Mountain – for twelve handbells

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The birth of the Christ Child has been an occasion for great joy for centuries. Go Tell It on the Mountain gives us both the command to proclaim the coming of the Savior as well as a song by which to declare it. It’s our pleasure to present our new twelve-bell arrangement! Our new arrangement …

12-bell, Christmas, handbell ensemble, handbells, hymn, Larry Sue

List of Scores for Low Ding Zone (Bass Handbell Ensemble)

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Here’s a quick compilation of our scores for bass handbell ensemble. Each title is a link to the corresponding webpage. Note: If you have a large enough range of bells/chimes, each arrangement can be played an octave lower than written (well, of course!). TITLE HYMN TUNE Ringers Handbells Handchimes Comment By the Light of the …

List of Scores for Handbell Choir

By admin in Christmas, Church Music, Classical Music, Easter, Handbell Choir, Handbell Ensemble, Handbells, International Music

Here’s a quick compilation of our scores for handbell choir (including our sixteen-bell pieces, which are two or three octaves, depending range selected). Each title is a link to the corresponding webpage. TITLE HYMN TUNE Level Oct. Bells Oct. Chimes Comment ABC | DEF | GHI | JKLM | NOP | QRS | TUV | …

List of Scores for Small Handbell Ensemble

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Here’s a quick compilation of our scores for small handbell ensemble. Each title is a link to the corresponding webpage. TITLE HYMN TUNE Ensemble Type Comment Away in a Manger CRADLE SONG Duet Piano Hark! the Herald Angels Sing MENDELSSOHN Duet Piano; optional flute Heather’s Dance Solo Harp/hammer dulcimer, bowed psaltery, and bodhran LDZ Arrangements …

While on the Sea (UKRAINE) – eight handbells and piano

By admin in Church Music, Eight-Bell, Handbell Ensemble, Handbells, Instrumental

We go through our life as if navigating a great ocean in a small boat. The waves are large, and threaten us continually. The water is unfathomably deep, and we fear what might happen if we were dumped into it. And so we pray to God for protection and safety, for He is our hope. …

List of Hymns for Eight Handbells

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Here’s a quick compilation of our hymn scores for eight handbells. Each title is a link to the corresponding webpage. TITLE HYMN TUNE Standard “Surprisingly Easy”™ Accompaniment available In Collection A Mighty Fortress is Our God EIN FESTE BURG x x Easy Hymn 1 Abide with Me EVENTIDE x x Easy Hymn 4 Ah, Holy …

O Zion, Haste (TIDINGS) (eight handbells and piano)

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The Great Commission has been given to the Church (figuratively, “Zion”). That responsibility is to share the love of Christ with the world so that all may be saved. In O Zion, Haste, the tune TIDINGS evokes images of this responsibility as spiritual marching orders. O Zion, haste, your mission high fulfilling, to tell to …

Count Your Blessings (BLESSINGS) (eight handbells and piano)

By admin in Church Music, Eight-Bell, Handbell Ensemble, Handbells, Instrumental

This joyous hymn about all the wonderful things God does for us has now been arranged for eight handbells and piano! It’s a relatively easy piece (for the bells, definitely, and not too difficult for the pianist) that’s fun to play. When upon life’s billows you are tempest tossed, when you are discouraged, thinking all …

Type of PDF score	Number of copies per PDF score you’re allowed to make
6-bell score, accompanied	Three handbell score copies, one accompanist copy, and one full score copy
8-bell score	Four score copies
8-bell score, accompanied	Four handbell score copies, one accompanist copy, and one full score copy
12-bell score	Six score copies
12-bell score, accompanied	Six handbell score copies, one accompanist copy, and one full score copy
16-bell score	Eight score copies
Handbell choir score	Fifteen score copies
(Handbell) ensemble	One copy of each part for each ensemble member