3 or 5 octaves handbells - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: C7.CGB1212

Composed by Cathy Moklebust. General, Lent. With 3 octaves handchimes. Score. 12 pages. Chorister's Guild - Digital #CGB1212. Published by Chorister's Guild - Digital (C7.CGB1212).

This African American spiritual, WEARY LAND has been arranged in a bluesy, swing style for 3 or 5 octaves of handbells and optional 3 octaves of handchimes. Perfect during Lent or most anytime during the year, this level 4 arrangement will challenge ringers with frequent accidentals and syncopated rhythms. For extra sparkle and rhythm, feel free to add a light drum set or cajon improvisation. This jazzy setting with its walking bass line will have your congregation or audience tapping their toes and snapping their fingers!

3, 4, or 5 octaves handbells - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: C7.CGB852

Composed by Sondra K. Tucker. Arranged by Sondra K. Tucker. Epiphany. Score. 8 pages. Chorister's Guild - Digital #CGB852. Published by Chorister's Guild - Digital (C7.CGB852).

UPC: 749193020098.

The purpose of the Starting Point collection is to offer simple music to young or beginning musicians that will foster success and provide the building blocks to future ringing experiences through repetition, the limited use of techniques, and no page turns. The nine pieces in this collection range in difficulty from level 1- through 1+ and include selections from folk, classical, sacred and original repertoire. They are ideal for use in school, sacred, or festival settings. Some of the pieces have optional repeats to use as length of performance permits or as the director sees fit. Titles include: Down to the River to Pray, We Shall Overcome, Scarborough Fair and Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. * Contents: Reverie; Quietude; Trumpet Voluntary; Down to the River to Pray; Scarborough Fair; We Shall Overcome; Waltz in C; Nocturne; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini * Tunes: PRINCE OF DENMARK'S MARCH: SCARBOROUGH FAIR; African American spiritual; Frederic Chopin; Sergei Rachmaninoff; Traditional; Original.

Handbell - Level 2 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.707991

Composed by African American Spiritual. Arranged by Kristine Johanek. Sacred,Spiritual,Standards. Score. 3 pages. Kristine Johanek #5031731. Published by Kristine Johanek (A0.707991).

'Go Down, Moses' is also known as 'Let My People Go' and as 'When Israel Was in Egypt Land'. It is a staple of the African American Spiritual genre. This arrangement for standard 2 octave bell set is playable by handbells, tone chimes, hand chimes, and belle plates.  It uses 17 bells, and is at a level of early intermediate - playable by a group with a year of handbell playing experience. It is from two to two and a half minutes long. Well annotated with dynamic and tempo markings, it is an excellent piece for concert use as well as worship.
This is a reproducible product. This piece may be purchased as a score for one performing group, and copies made for the members of that one performing group. Save money and space while allowing for more flexibility in annotating from year to year.