Here’s a quick compilation of our folk song arrangements for twelve handbells. Each title is a link to the corresponding webpage. TITLE HYMN TUNE Accompaniment available Annie Laurie Country Gardens Flow Gently, Sweet Afton Greensleeves/What Child is This? GREENSLEEVES Hanukkah, O Hanukkah Ma’oz Tzur My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean Sevivon Sov Sov Sov Shenandoah …
Tag: 12-bell
Compositions for twelve handbells are typically played by six ringers with two bells apiece, or by three four-in-hand ringers. It's possible to play with other numbers of ringers by creating a suitable division of the twelve bells.
Twelve-bell pieces traditionally used white key bells from C5-G6; complementarily, many sets of handbells in the UK have precisely those notes, often with an added F#5, Bb5, F#6, or A6.
With the availability of more fully chromatic handbell sets, twelve-bell music is now being written in many key signatures.
List of Classical Scores for Twelve Handbells
Here’s a quick compilation of our classical scores for twelve handbells. Each title is a link to the corresponding webpage. TITLE HYMN TUNE Accompaniment available Barcarolle Farandole Holy is the Lord HOLY IS THE LORD
List of Scores for Twelve Handbells for Advent/Christmas/Epiphany
Here’s a quick compilation of our Advent/Christmas/Epiphany scores for twelve handbells. Each title is a link to the corresponding webpage. TITLE HYMN TUNE Accompaniment available Angels We Have Heard on High GLORIA Angels, From the Realms of Glory REGENT SQUARE As with Gladness Men of Old DIX Away in a Manger CRADLE SONG Away in …
Faith of Our Fathers (ST. CATHERINE) – Twelve handbells
The Christian faith is all about continuity. God has made the Church so that it grows and lives by believers telling other people about His infinite grace and the salvation they can have. Many of us can trace a bit of our “spiritual lineage” through those who made it possible for us to come to …
Jul 25
Faith of Our Fathers (ST. CATHERINE) – for twelve handbells
The Christian faith is all about continuity. God has made the Church so that it grows and lives by believers telling other people about His infinite grace and the salvation they can have. Many of us can trace a bit of our “spiritual lineage” through those who made it possible for us to come to …
Good Christian Men, Rejoice (IN DULCI JUBILO) – Twelve handbells
Good Christian Men, Rejoice is a joyous Christmas carol set to the energetic tune IN DULCI JUBILO. This tune is thought to have been written in the fourteenth century by Heinrich Seuse, and its original lyrics are “macaronic” – a combination of Latin and German/English. Good Christian men, rejoice with heart and soul and voice; …
Jul 11
Good Christian Men, Rejoice – for twelve handbells
Rejoice! Rejoice! The Christ Child is born! We have a new twelve-bell arrangement of Good Christian Men, Rejoice that’s exciting, and fun, and joyful. Do take a look, and think about how it might enhance your holiday services! Our new arrangement of this Christmas song for twelve handbells has versions in Bb major (C5-G5) and …
Jul 06
Be Thou My Vision (SLANE) – for twelve handbells
We have a new twelve-bell arrangement of Be Thou My Vision! Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art Thou my best Thought, by day or by night Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light. Be Thou my Wisdom, and Thou my true Word …
Be Thou My Vision (SLANE) – Twelve handbells
Be Thou My Vision, usually sung to the hymn tune SLANE, is a heartfelt and eloquent prayer by a believer who wants to follow the path God offers. Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art Thou my best Thought, by day or by …
Jun 27
Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing (NETTLETON) – for twelve handbells
John Wyeth or Asahel Nettleton wrote this lovely hymn tune back in 1813, and the message of the lyrics that are set to it continue to comfort and inspire Christians today. You’ll enjoy playing our new twelve-bell arrangement! Come, thou Fount of every blessing, tune my heart to sing thy grace; Streams of mercy, never …
