We can see the fiddler having a great time leading the dancers ever faster and faster as the celebration goes on! Alternate Titles: (for some reason, there apparently aren’t any…) Standard Version: ”Dual-Range”™ Score Package: $ US G5-based practice track: $ US F5-based practice track: $ US This arrangement is also included in Larry and …
Category: Handbells
Away in a Manger (AWAY IN A MANGER, James R. Murray) – Eight handbells
The melody in this arrangement of Away in a Manger by James Murray is the one most familiar to Americans. Away in a manger, no crib for a bed, The little Lord Jesus laid down his sweet head, The stars in the bright sky looked down where he lay, The little Lord Jesus asleep on …
Wrong Foot Forward – Eight handbells
We love the way this slip jig by Sarah Allen and Brian Finnegan of “Flook” plays! The challenge: It’s in 7/8 – you can imagine how it might confuse the dancers! Alternate Titles: (for some reason, there apparently aren’t any…) Standard Version: ”Dual-Range”™ Score Package: $ US G5-based practice track: $ US F5-based practice track: …
Jul 13
To a Wild Rose
We have a new eight-bell arrangement! It’s Edward MacDowell’s “To A Wild Rose”, and it’s perfect for that one-minute spot that you have in your service or program. We have a feeling that many of you have played this on the piano… have fun!
Jul 09
New Music’s Here!
The continuing quest for fun and art proceeds! We’ll be rolling out a bunch of new eight-bell pieces in the next couple of weeks, and we think you’re going to have a lot of fun trying them out. We’ve put out a new recording of “The Butterfly”, possibly the most popular Irish slip jig of …
Larry and Carla’s Eight-Bell Jig Collection
Here’s our first eight-bell jig collection! It’s a set of fast-moving, exciting pieces that you’ll find to be tremendous fun to play. So… get this collection (scroll to the bottom of the page below the five videos), break out your bells, and hold on to your hat! Here’s what this collection contains: The Butterfly Hardiman …
Moreton Bay – Eight handbells
Even in miserable times, the resilience of the human spirit makes it possible to create music that recalls both good and bad times. The Australian folk song Moreton Bay is about a place where exiles from Ireland… uh, “disembarked”, and is also known as the “Convict’s Lament”. One Sunday morning as I went walking / …
Eight-Bell Jigs
The jigs here come from Ireland, Scotland, and – yes – America (more in a bit)! They usually are in 6/8 or 9/8, though that’s not the only possibility. Wrong Foot Forward (by the band Flook) is in 7/8, presumably for the purpose of tangling up the dancers’ feet. Other than those two, the others …
Eight-Bell Dances
We started exploring jigs and hornpipes as a possibility for new eight-bell music. Amazingly, we found them to be very well-adapted to our instrument, and have since then made quite a few arrangements. We’ve enjoyed playing them, having found the following: They’re fast. Jigs and hornpipes are happy, lively music, and are made for rapid …
Jim Ward’s Jig – Eight handbells
Jimmy Ward was a tremendously skilled Irish banjo player who wrote this tune. We think you’ll have a lot of fun playing it! Alternate Titles: An Chéad Phunnann Clare, The Clare The First Sheaf Jimmy Ward’s Favourite Port Shéamus Mhic A Bháird Standard Version: ”Dual-Range”™ Score Package: $ US G5-based practice track: $ US F5-based …
