Choraegus has a large catalog of music for handbell musicians to ring. These pieces cover the range from six bells to eight octaves. We also have scores for various types of ensembles as well as solo works.
- Six accompanied handbells. Two or three ringers, plus piano accompaniment.
- Eight handbells. Two to four ringers, sometimes with piano or organ accompaniment. Our eight-bell pieces come in “standard” and “Surprisingly Easy”™ varieties. “Surprisingly Easy”ࡊ pieces are sometimes described as having “all the music, but without the fiddly bits”. Our pieces for eight bells are perfect for learning four-in-hand ringing!
- Twelve handbells. Three to six ringers. These range in difficulty from easy to fairly challenging, and they all can be used as concert pieces.
- Sixteen handbells. Four to eight ringers.
- Small handbell ensemble. These scores range from duets to sextets, with bells being played in a table-based manner.
- Handbell choir. Our scores for handbell choir range from two to eight octaves, and traverse the entire range of AGEHR levels.
- Solos. We have a number of solos, including several for a single bass handbell ringer.
- Low Ding Zone pieces. These are pieces for bass handbell ensemble, so they require accuracy, speed, and strength. Many of them were written for Low Ding Zone, the World’s First Bass-Only Handbell Ensemble, which performed from 2005-2013. We’ve retained the designation for our bass ensemble music!
In addition to our music scores, we have the Bass Ringer’s Notebook (Second edition)Bass Ringer’s Notebook, Second Edition, recommended by Handbell Musicians of America as a reference on the subject of bass handbell ringing.