We have free stuff! That, of course, is so you can get a taste of what we have here at Choraegus. We do hope that you’ll be back to check out the rest of our store, but we’d like to give you a chance to see what’s here first. A large, large portion of our catalog consists of music for ensembles of two to eight ringers (so, six to sixteen bells), so in hopes that you’ll take a liking to those works, we have free binder cover pages that you can download, print, and slip into the front cover of your binder. They’re for six-bell, eight-bell, twelve-bell, and sixteen-bell music; there are four eight-bell covers so that you can organize your eight-bell scores by whether they’re Christmas/not-Christmas and “standard”/”Surprisingly Easy”™.
Most of our free music is for eight handbells. Many are folk or children’s songs, such as “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” and “Happy Birthday”. “Dona Nobis Pacem” and “Doxology” fit in church services nicely; also, they’re in singable keys, so you could even have your congregation add their voices to the mix. If you have a full-sized handbell choir, we even have a free version of “Happy Birthday” for 3-7 octaves. Let the party begin!
When you download our free music, our website will ask for your information. That’s so we’ll recognize you if we meet you in the future. We promise not to share your information with anyone else. And when you’ve taken care of that, the next webpage will have links so you can download your new music and start playing it right away!
Do check this part of our website now and then, too, because we’re planning to keep adding freebies. And if you have a suggestion for another free piece of music, let us know and we’ll consider the idea.
