The folks at the Turing Opera Workshop are developing a new plugin that generates audio from a vocal line in a score. By this, I mean it actually creates a track that sounds like people …
Thanks to the EKCO Ringers, we now have video of two of our duets, Danse Macabre and Eagle Wings! Danse Macabre, by Camille St. Säens, depicts a spooky, nightmarish scene. It’s a Halloween favorite. Eagle …
Many of you remember singing Jesus Loves the Little Children from a while back. Maybe that was in Sunday School, or children’s church, or even a baptismal service. Jesus loves the little children, All the …
The American folk tune LAND OF REST is paired with a number of hymn texts; this lyric matches the tune name particularly well. Jerusalem, my happy home, when shall I come to thee? When will …
This new handbell arrangement of Irving Berlin’s holiday classic White Christmas will add a special touch to your Christmas program. It’s scored for five to seven octaves with optional flute, and will have your audience …
Shaker songs are fantastically good as eight-bell music! “‘Tis a gift to be simple”, yes… but our eight-bell arrangements Simple Gifts are a lot of fun to play. Today we’re publishing our second “standard” eight-bell …
The hymn tune DIX is usually sung with the texts For the Beauty of the Earth and As with Gladness Men of Old (the latter most often at Christmas). We started with what we considered …
O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go is a lovely hymn that reminds us of the infinitely deep peace and protection that God offers those who trust Him. Today we’re publishing our “Surprisingly Easy”™ …
The plainchant Draw Near, O Lord has a double origin, with its Latin text from the 10th century and its melody from the 19th century. It is often referred to as the “Lent[en] Prose”. Our …
[GENEVAN] PSALM 22 is a sixteenth-century hymn from the Genevan Psalter. The referenced psalm starts with “My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken me?”, declaring King David’s remorse after sin. The text was spoken …
The Bible tells us to “walk in newness of life” (Romans 6:4). It’s all about the beauty and joy of a redeemed soul experiencing God’s love and guidance from day to day and minute to minute. This original piece depicts how that newness feels.
Purchasing the handbell choir version of this arrangement grants permission to print and maintain up to fifteen copies for your handbell ensemble; purchasing the single copy version grants permission to print and maintain one copy. 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.
This Swedish folk melody has been used as the tune for the hymn Rejoice, Rejoice, Believers based on lyrics written by Laurentius Laurenti in 1700. You’ll enjoy playing our twelve-bell arrangement for your congregation!
Rejoice, rejoice, believers, and let your lights appear!
The evening is advancing, and darker night is near.
The Bridegroom is arising and soon he will draw nigh;
up, watch in expectation! At midnight comes the cry.
Our hope and expectation, O Jesus, now appear;
arise, O Sun so longed for, above the darkened sphere.
With hearts and hands uplifted, we plead, O Lord, to see
the day of earth’s redemption that sets your people free!
Why should I feel discouraged? Why should the shadows come?
Why should my heart be lonely and long for heaven and home,
When Jesus is my portion? My constant friend is He:
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.
I sing because I’m happy, I sing because I’m free,
For His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.
Purchasing this 12-bell arrangement gives you permission to print and maintain up to six copies for your handbell group – 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.
Hail the Day that Sees Him Rise (hymn tune: LLANFAIR) is a hymn of rejoicing over the resurrection of Christ and how our eternity relies on Him. Our new arrangement for six handbells and piano will add a special, glorious touch to your Easter service!
Hail the day that sees him rise, Alleluia!
to His throne beyond the skies. Alleluia!
Christ, the Lamb for sinners given, Alleluia!
enters now the highest heaven. Alleluia!
Our piano-accompanied six-handbell arrangement of the Hail the Day that Sees Him Rise provides an opportunity to play as a two-bells-each trio. Another possibility is to play as a duet where one ringer plays four bells and the other (perhaps a younger/newer player!) plays two bells.
The six bells in the score are accompanied by piano; if you don’t happen to have an accompanist available, we also have an accompaniment MP3 available for purchase.
Purchasing this 6-bell arrangement gives you permission to print and maintain up to three copies for your handbell group (plus the accompaniment score) – 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.
We have practice MP3s for most of our unaccompanied small-ensemble handbell scores (up to sixteen bells). For a small cost, you get a piano-plus-click-track audio version of the score. This provides a way for your group to hear what they’re playing with a guiding metronome.
For our “dual-range” scores, there are separate practice MP3s for the G5-based and F5-based scores in the package. We suggest purchasing the music first so you can decide which practice MP3 you want to get, because making a purchase later will cost the same.
Each click track starts two bars before the first full bar of music. Further, the first beat of each bar is accented. This makes it easy (okay… easier!) for your ensemble to synchronize with the score.
When played back using apps such as AudiPo and the Amazing Slow Downer, they can be played back at the tempo needed for your rehearsal.
I love the hymns my church sang when I was a teenager. Leaning on the Everlasting Arms was always an expression of the total joy that comes from relying on God’s power to live life. You’re going to have a great time rejoicing with our twelve-bell arrangement of this hymn!
What a fellowship, what a joy divine, leaning on the everlasting arms;
what a blessedness, what a peace is mine, leaning on the everlasting arms.
Leaning, leaning, safe and secure from all alarms;
Leaning, leaning, leaning on the everlasting arms.
O how sweet to walk in this pilgrim way, leaning on the everlasting arms;
O how bright the path grows from day to day, leaning on the everlasting arms.
What have I to dread, what have I to fear, leaning on the everlasting arms?
I have blessed peace with my Lord so near, leaning on the everlasting arms.
Purchasing this 12-bell arrangement gives you permission to print and maintain up to six copies for your handbell group – 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.
Fanny Crosby and William Doane were a “dynamic duo” of hymn-writing in the decades on either side of the year 1900. She wrote the words, and he composed the music. One of their best-known hymns is To God Be the Glory; today we present to you our twelve-bell arrangement of this hymn, Personal note: This was the favorite hymn of Larry’s great-aunt Pat!
To God be the glory, great things He has done;
So loved He the world that He gave us his Son,
Who yielded His life an atonement for sin,
And opened the lifegate that all may go in.
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord; let the earth hear His voice!
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord; let the people rejoice!
O come to the Father through Jesus the Son,
And give Him the glory; great things He has done.
O perfect redemption, the purchase of blood,
To every believer the promise of God;
The vilest offender who truly believes,
That moment from Jesus a pardon receives.
Great things He has taught us, great things He has done,
And great our rejoicing through Jesus the Son;
But purer and higher and greater will be
Our wonder, our transport, when Jesus we see.
Purchasing this 12-bell arrangement gives you permission to print and maintain up to six copies for your handbell group – 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.
Our friend Daniel got a short-notice announcement that his school wanted a handbell choir for their graduation ceremony, specifically this hymn. So… here’s a fairly easy sixteen-bell arrangement of Lead On, O King Eternal!
Lead on, O King eternal, the day of march has come;
Henceforth in fields of conquest Thy tents will be our home.
Through days of preparation Thy grace has made us strong;
And now, O King eternal, we lift our battle song.
Lead on, O King eternal, till sin’s fierce war shall cease,
And holiness shall whisper the sweet amen of peace.
For not with swords’ loud clashing or roll of stirring drums
With deeds of love and mercy the heavenly kingdom comes.
Lead on, O King eternal; we follow, not with fears,
For gladness breaks like morning where’er Thy face appears.
Thy cross is lifted o’er us, we journey in its light;
The crown awaits the conquest; lead on, O God of might.
Purchasing this 16-bell arrangement gives you permission to print and maintain up to eight copies for your handbell group – 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.
Come, thou Almighty King, help us Thy name to sing, help us to praise.
Father, all glorious, o’er all victorious, come and reign over us,
Ancient of Days.
Purchasing this 16-bell arrangement gives you permission to print and maintain up to eight copies for your handbell group – 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.
