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Larry and Carla’s “Surprisingly Easy”™ Eight-Bell Collection

Welcome to our second collection of easy eight-bell pieces! Most of this music came into being because of Queen Elizabeth II’s 2012 Jubilee Celebration of her reigning for 60 years, and Carla and our friend Meg played them in a number of places to celebrate the occasion. Here’s what this collection contains: Rule, Brittania! Danny …

Larry and Carla’s First “Surprisingly Easy”™ Eight-Bell Hymn Collection

We’ve been having a great time sharing our eight-bell music with the world, and decided it was time to create 0ur first “Surprisingly Easy” collection of hymns! 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 …

Larry and Carla’s Second “Surprisingly Easy”™ Eight-Bell Hymn Collection

We’re still finding more and more music that can be played with eight bells, so we’ve decided to make a second collection of “Surprisingly Easy”™ eight-bell hymns. We think you’ll enjoy playing these as much as the first “Surprisingly Easy”™ Hymn Collection. You can play this music with two four-in-hand ringers… or you could have …

Larry and Carla’s Third “Surprisingly Easy”™ Eight-Bell Hymn Collection

Our third (!) collection of “Surprisingly Easy”™ eight-bell hymns is like our first and second collections. A new twist is that this collection has several somewhat longer (as in three-page) arrangements, so now you can more easily select pieces to match the time you need to play in your church service. You can play this …

Larry and Carla’s Fourth “Surprisingly Easy”™ Eight-Bell Hymn Collection

Our fourth (!) collection of “Surprisingly Easy”™ eight-bell hymns is like our previous three collections. It contains music that you can prepare relatively quickly, and which will enhance your worship service. 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 …

Larry and Carla’s Fifth “Surprisingly Easy”™ Eight-Bell Hymn Collection

Our fifth (!) collection of “Surprisingly Easy”™ eight-bell hymns is like our previous four collections. It contains music that you can prepare relatively quickly, and which will enhance your worship service. 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 …

Larry and Carla’s Sixth “Surprisingly Easy”™ Eight-Bell Hymn Collection

Our sixth (!) collection of “Surprisingly Easy”™ eight-bell hymns is like our previous five collections. It contains music that you can prepare relatively quickly, and which will enhance your worship service. 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 …

Larry and Carla’s First “Surprisingly-Easy”™-Eight-Bell Christmas Collection

Welcome to our first collection of “Surprisingly Easy”™ eight-bell Christmas pieces! We’d been sharing our four-in-hand duets with our family and friends, and started getting questions about whether we had some easier arrangements that would work well with younger/newer ringers. We took a look at what we had, and realized that some of our repertoire …

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 …

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

Welcome to our third “surprisingly easy” Christmas eight-bell collection! We’ve been having such a wonderful time with our Christmas (and other) music that we thought you should have another set of pieces to play for the holidays! You can play this music with two four-in-hand ringers… or you could have four ringers with two bells …

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

Welcome to our fourth “Surprisingly Easy”™ Christmas eight-bell collection! 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 …

2 comments

    • Beth Payton on February 21, 2021 at 11:51 am

    Do you have something for Easter that is “Surprisingly Easy “? G5 to G6 range

    • admin on February 21, 2021 at 3:56 pm
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    Hi Beth,

    Yes, we do!

    All of these (except for Lift High the Cross) are sold as a “duaL-range”™ score package which contains the G5-G6 version you’re looking for, plus an F5-F6 transposition in case your ringers prefer space-line assignments. Lift High the Cross is written for G5-G6 (but without a transposed score because of the piano accompaniment).

    Thanks for asking – I hope you’ll find something that works for you!

    Happy Ringing,
    Larry

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