Larry and Carla’s Second “Surprisingly Easy”™ Christmas Collection

Welcome to our second “surprisingly easy” Christmas eight-bell collection! This set of arrangements complements our first Christmas collection – so if you have our first collection, you could combine the pieces from both to make a complete concert program!

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 with these, and will have an easy way to learn to play multiple bells, too. And when you master them, you can think about moving on to learn the more advanced versions that take the music a bit further! You can find those versions at https://www.choraegus.com/ring/eight-bell-music/.

Here’s what this collection contains:

• I Saw Three Ships
• See, Amid the Winter’s Snow
• Quelle est cette Odeur?
• Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
• We Three Kings
• Slumber Song of the Infant Jesus
• Sussex Carol / On Christmas Night All Christians Sing
• Still, Still, Still

A total of fifteen bells are used to play the entire set (F5, G5, Ab5, A5, Bb5, B5, C6, Db6, D6, Eb6, E6, F6, F#6, G6, and Ab6, with the F5 and Ab6 being used in just one song each) – If you’re playing the entire book, everything will fit on just one table!

Practice tracks for the pieces in this collection are available separately with the individual scores.

(Take a look at our first “Surprisingly Easy” Christmas collection too!)

Purchasing this 8-bell collection gives you permission to print and maintain up to four copies for your handbell group (plus the accompaniment score, if part of the purchase) – so you only need to pay once. Purchase also gives permission for performance, broadcasting, live-streaming and video-sharing online. See our licensing agreement for full details, and please remember to mention the title and arranger of the piece on video-sharing sites, social media and any printed materials such as concert programs.

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