Category: Low Ding Zone

May 28

What does it mean to “specialize in bass handbell ringing”?

By admin in Choraegus, Handbell Choir, Handbell Ensemble, Handbells, Low Ding Zone

I’m a “bass ringing specialist”. The simple explanation of that phrase is that some people think that I’m reasonably proficient at ringing bass bells. I realize that still requires a bit of clarification, because the bass clef in modern handbell music tops out at C5 (which is written as a middle C on the handbell …

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Mar 17

Bass Handbell Solo: “Danny Boy”/”Londonderry Air”

By admin in Church Music, Handbell solo, Handbells, Low Ding Zone, Popular Music

I arranged “Danny Boy”/”Londonderry Air” for bass handbells over twenty years ago, and after a run at a Silicon Valley retirement facility, finally dared to play in public at the 2004 Area 12 conferences. Unfortunately, technology of the time didn’t give us an easy way to make even a scruffy video of what happened then. …

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Feb 05

The Bass Ringer’s Notebook

By admin in Choraegus, Handbell Choir, Handbell Ensemble, Handbells, Low Ding Zone

We have one book in the Choraegus store. It’s the Bass Ringer’s Notebook (Second Edition). This work of just over 100 pages contains information that will make your bass ringing more efficient and more effective. It’s recommended reading by the Handbell Musicians of America, and more than a few folks tell us they’ve benefited from …

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What if you have nine (or ten, or eleven…) ringers?

By admin in Christmas, Church Music, Classical Music, Easter, Eight-Bell, Handbell Choir, Handbell Ensemble, Handbell solo, Handbells, International Music, Low Ding Zone, Popular Music, Six-Bell, Sixteen-Bell, Twelve-Bell

Are you considering our eight-, twelve-, or sixteen-bell music, but appear to have more ringers than are needed to play? That’s a good problem to have, because it means you’re on the way to enjoying even more music! But if you have, say, nine ringers, that would appear to be too many for sixteen bells, …

Jan 17

Dance of the Sugar Plum Sumo Fairy (bass handbell trio)

By admin in Choraegus, Christmas, Classical Music, Handbell Ensemble, Handbells, Low Ding Zone

From 2005 to 2013, I founded and led Low Ding Zone, the World’s First Bass-Only Handbell Ensemble. Well, at any rate we think we had a solid claim to the title, since it was never contested. The name itself sparked a lot of fun; once I had the strange joy of watching a friend explain …

Christmas, classical, handbell ensemble, handbells, Larry Sue, Low Ding Zone

Dec 24

Merry Christmas!

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, Popular Music, Six-Bell, Sixteen-Bell, Twelve-Bell

As I write this from our home in Michigan, the storms pummeling most of the country have brought us lots of white, fluffy snow. It’s been accumulating all over our neighborhood, and has been constantly falling because of the “lake effect”. We love it here in winter! We hope you’ve had a good year, wherever …

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Dance of the Sugar Plum Sumo Fairy (Bay View Week of Handbells Version) – Bass handbell ensemble

By admin in Christmas, Classical Music, Handbell Ensemble, Handbells, Low Ding Zone

Tchaikovsky created one of the all-time holiday season favorites when he wrote the Nutcracker Suite in 1892. There’s a good chance you’ve seen more than just a small part of it at a December ballet presentation. The Dance of the Candy Fairy (or Sugar Plum Fairy) was a sensation at its premiere, because Tchaikovsky chose …

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

By admin in Handbell Ensemble, Handbells, Low Ding Zone

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 …

Jan 01

Happy 2022, and Thank You!

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

Happy New Year! It’s time for celebration and a bit of relaxing and making resolutions… uh, okay. Maybe not all of those. Many of us have had a difficult year, and are hoping the next trip around the sun is more user-friendly than the one that’s just ended. We hope you have some optimism, however …

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