Handbell - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.883119 Composed by Trad. Arranged by Kimber. Folk,Traditional. Score. 4 pages. Cantate Music #3875003. Published by Cantate Music (A0.883119). A medley of American Folk songs presented in NUMERICAL NOTATION for handbells. Includes O Susannah, She'll be coming round the mountain, Big rock candy mountain and Yankee Doodle.

Handbell - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.707989 Composed by Various. Arranged by Kristine Johanek. Folk,Instructional,Standards,Traditional. Score. 19 pages. Kristine Johanek #4793825. Published by Kristine Johanek (A0.707989). Here are 8 good old American folk songs arranged for beginning bell players. Written for a standard 2 octave bells set, using 14 to 16 bells, these songs are suitable for student beginners and those in their first year or two of playing. Words are included in the music, and chords are included for most arrangements, allowing for accompaniment by guitar, autoharp or any chord playing instrument. Songs and their number of bells used & level are: Boil Them Cabbage Down   15 bells -beginner Home On the Range   16 bells -beginner Old Dan Tucker   14 bells -beginner  On Top of Old Smoky   15 bells -beginner Yankee Doodle   15 bells -beginner Shortnin’ Bread   16 bells -easy Colorado Trail   14 bells -easy Clementine   15 bells -easyThis 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.

Handbell - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1284588 Composed by American Folk Song and Scottish Folk Song. Arranged by Mark R Lewis. Celtic,Folk,Irish,Traditional. Score. 8 pages. Mark R Lewis #875763. Published by Mark R Lewis (A0.1284588). This lively Sea Shanty Medley is a combination of two different sea shanties, Fish in the Sea from Scotland and Santiana from the Americas.Fish in the Sea is quite simple but has dozens of verses. It takes the form of a chorus that is identical every time and a verse that describes various fish. The idea being that everyone would sing the chorus and each individual sailor would basically ad-lib new lyrics when it was their turn to sing a verse.Santiana actually tells the story of the Mexican General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna during the Mexican-American war in the 1840s. However, the various exploits described in the song have very little to do with historical reality. There are of course dozens of version of the song, each associated with different shipping lanes, and there are even a wide variety of shanties from other countries that seem to be adaptations of this tune with different stories.This arrangement by Mark Lewis is for 3 to 5 octave handbell choir and makes extensive use of both malleted and normal ringing techniques. There are some very quick transitions between the two techniques. The piece moves along at a pretty good clip with some portions in 6/8 and others in cut time with various duplet and triplet patterns to help with transitions, leading to a difficulty rating of 4+. While the piece should be playable by most intermediate groups, they will definitely need to put in enough practice time to perform it properly.Season: ConcertRange: 3-5 octaves.

Handbells (Handbells) - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: H1.1929DP Arranged by Barbara B. Kinyon. Agape Bronze - L4-5. Secular, Education, General Worship. Handbell score. 8 pages. Hope Publishing - Digital #1929DP. Published by Hope Publishing - Digital (H1.1929DP). Traditional American folksong The traditional American folksong is here set for 3,4 or 5 octaves of bells. Special performance notes are given for each octave. As one would expect there is a great deal of skipping around, especially in the accompaniment. Traditional harmonies are used, but forays are made into outside harmonies as well. All kinds of special techniques are called for including mart lifts.

Handbell - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1234057 Composed by American Folk Hymn. Arranged by Mark R Lewis. Christian,Folk,Religious,Spiritual,Traditional. 4 pages. Mark R Lewis #829593. Published by Mark R Lewis (A0.1234057). Many people are familiar with the story of how Amazing Grace came into being as a song. The tune New Britain has become so associated with the song that many people do not even know that the lyrics can be put with many other tunes.This arrangement for 12-bell by Mark Lewis does go with the very traditional New Britain, however it is quite unique. Even though this is a 12-bell piece with no bell changes, the arrangement sets the tune in three different tonal centers: F major, Bb major, and the mode of C Dorian. Additionally, verses alternate between the traditional 3/4 time signature and the not so traditional 4/4 meter. The accompaniment to the melody is very active, consisting of running eighth notes or syncopated eighth-note/quarter-note patterns for most of the piece.