2 C 2 C 6 7 A C return to sonologymusic.com AA Handbell Handbell Compendium Compendium to purchase unlocked copy C2 E 5 E F 6 5 2 aC summary C 2 2 C Coll’8 2 C C 7 A 6 F by C 2 6 EE¯ Michael Jedamzik 2 C ¯ 6 G 7 G C 2 8va 2 C 2 C 2 C ¯ C ] B 6 C [ 2 6 PREVIEW5 Pl B 8vb 6 G G 6 B 6 D C 2 7 C 2 Coll’8 C2 F ¯ F ¯ ˘ F ¯ ˘ [ ˘ 5 C 2 B 2 C 6 E E 6 C2 5 E7 & E C 2 & ˇ % - C2 2 % C ˇ - ˇ C2 C 2 2 C 2 C C 2 2 C C 2 2 C return to sonologymusic.com to purchase unlocked copy PREVIEW return to sonologymusic.com to purchase unlocked copy Handbell Compendium a summary Michael Jedamzik PREVIEW Bibliographic information Title: Handbell Compendium. Subtitle: a summary. Author: Michael Jedamzik. Edition: second revised. Typesetting: Michael Jedamzik. Figures: Michael Jedamzik (unless stated otherwise). Front cover: Michael Jedamzik. Total number of pages: 272. This book is listed in the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Bibliothek , see http://www.dnb.de/ and http://www.gwlb.de/ for their web pages. Last update: March 20, 2017. On http://www.handglockenchor-wiedensahl.de/ you can download this book. Michael Jedamzik Wehmland 3 D-31719 Wiedensahl Germany Michael Jedamzik has been ringing handbells since 2001 and participates in the Handglockenchor returnWiedensahl to sonologymusic.com (German, “Handbell Choir Wiedensahl”), see [Eic10, retrieved December 31, 2010]. toMichael purchase Jedamzik was bornunlocked in Stadthagen, Germany.copy In 2011 he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree (Mathematics) at the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover (former names: Königliche Technische Hochschule, Technische Hochschule Hannover, Technische Universität Hannover, Universität Hannover), Germany. This book contains intentionally blank pages. This book is subject to copyright. 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The contents PREVIEWof this book on the web servers may change without prior notice to improve this book. HIS book is dedicated T to director Thomas Eickhoff, co-director Heinrich-Arend Krömer d. J., and to the Handglockenchor for excusing Wiedensahl my flaws when playing handbells and allowing me to be part of the ensemble. return to sonologymusic.com to purchase unlocked copy PREVIEW return to sonologymusic.com to purchase unlocked copy PREVIEWPagina vacat. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all ringers are created equal, that they are en- gaged by their directors with certain unalien- able duties, that among these are rehearsals, knowledge in ringing and the pursuit for music. from Declaration of a director Thomas Jeffbellson Foreword The most delightful and fulfilling aspect of the handbell world is its people. The music lifts us up, events help us to grow and learn, the sound of the bells is inherently magical and touches our hearts. 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He has compiled information from a huge number of sources that will interest scientists, musicians in endeavors other than handbells, handbell leaders, ringers, and listeners. I have been impressed at his creation of a PREVIEWHandbell Compendium 7 reference work that belongs in the library of everyone who leads or just plain loves handbells. But most of all, I have been inspired by a ringer who is one of the handbell world’s truly great enthusiasts. Michael LOVES handbells. And he has created an enduring and valuable work for all of us who share that love. Kevin McChesney Professional Handbell Composer/Arranger and Conductor Colorado Springs, September 18, 2016 Kevin McChesney graduated with highest honors from the University of Colorado at Boulder with a BMus in Composition and Theory. A composer and arranger of handbell music, Kevin currently has over 900 titles in print and is one of the very few musicians who makes handbells a full-time vocation. 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He also shares his experiences and ideas with poems, see https://sonologymusic.com/products/limericks-lessons-and-life-in-handbells/ for his returnbook. to sonologymusic.com to purchaseKevin lives in Colorado unlocked Springs, CO, with copy his wife Tracy and their cats, Pearl and Aileen. PREVIEW8 Handbell Compendium Luckily, the table of contents is easy to write, once the book itself is written. Any more ef- forts are a waste of time, because most people do not read the table of contents. from On transferring Information Gillian Doe Contents 0. Preface 15 1. About handbells 19 1.1. Principle of handbell music . 19 1.2. Anatomy of a handbell . 21 return1.3. to English sonologymusic.com and American handbells . 22 1.4.to purchase Brief history of handbellsunlocked . .copy . 22 1.4.1. Early uses of bells . 23 1.4.2. References in the Bible . 23 1.4.3. Handbells in Great Britain . 23 1.4.4. Handbells in the United States . 24 1.4.5. Birth of American handbells . 25 1.4.6. Recent development . 26 1.4.7. Situation in Germany . 26 1.4.8. … and in Wiedensahl . 27 1.5. About handchimes . 28 1.6. Brief history of handchimes . 29 1.7. Manufacturers . 30 1.7.1. American handbells . 30 PREVIEWHandbell Compendium 9 Contents 1.7.2. English and Dutch handbells . 32 1.7.3. Bells on rack . 33 1.7.4. Hybrid handbells . 33 1.7.5. Other related products . 33 1.8. Mallets . 35 1.9. Chromatic scale and bell sets . 36 1.10. Tone of a bell . 37 1.11. Care and maintenance . 37 1.11.1. Handbell care and maintenance . 38 1.11.2. A proper use of mallets . 38 1.11.3. A proper use of martellato . 39 1.11.4. Handchime care and maintenance . 39 1.11.5. One note on cases with wheels . 39 1.12. Handbell organizations . 40 2. Short introduction to related physics 57 2.1. Tone of an instrument . 58 2.2. Equal tempered pitch . 59 2.3. Selected aspects of psychoacoustics . 62 2.4. The Doppler effect . 62 2.4.1. Formula . 63 2.4.2. Back-of-the-envelope calculations . 64 return to sonologymusic.com2.4.3. Conclusion . 65 to purchase2.5. Some examples unlocked of interference copy patterns . 66 2.6. A more detailed view on a handbell’s pitch . 69 2.6.1. The bell formula . 70 2.6.2. Simple properties derived by the bell formula . 72 2.6.3. Examples for different materials . 75 2.6.4. Final remark . 80 2.7. On the geometry of a bell . 81 3. Compositions 141 3.1. Musical compositions . 141 3.2. Handbell used chart . 142 3.3. Difficulty levels . .142 3.4. Bass, battery and treble handbells . 144 PREVIEW10 Handbell Compendium Contents 3.5. Assignment . 144 3.5.1. Borrowed, lent and shared bells . 145 3.5.2. A classical assignment example . 145 3.5.3. Assignment notes . 146 3.5.4. Assignment-exceptions and bell-hogging .