Handbell Techniques

Song #1 (questions 1-5): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyFmJxApKRA

Which technique is used from the very beginning?

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Song #1

When the players begin to strike their mallets together for rhythm, other players begin playing handchimes. How do they sound?

• The same as the handbells

• Mellow, not bright

• Loud

Song #1

Around 1'30, what technique begins to join the opening technique (question #1)

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Song #1

Right after the handchimes, several players begin stopping the sound with their thumbs. What is the symbol for this technique?

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Song #1

Listen carefully to the highest bell. What technique is she doing? (She's even doing 4-in-a-hand!)

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Song #2 (questions #6-8): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDDFAb1899w

What is the symbol for the technique where they are ringing the bells vertically around in a circle (gyro)?

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Question #2

Where are the players looking?

• Their music

• Their music and their conductor

Song #2

What technique did you NOT see in this song?

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I listened to both songs.

• Yes

• No