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1 Please note that copying music from this PDF file is illegal Hoever, the purchase price of the actual ook includes permission for the teacher or director to copy pages for their classroom or church setting 007 The American Guild of English Handell ingers, Inc 055 East Centerville Station d Dayton, OH All rights reserved agehrorg Printed in the USA

2 Contents Foreord Handell Notation 6 Musical Terms 8 Études # #5 0 ing Damp Sing 6 Thum Damp/Pluck/Mallet 8 Martellato and Martellato-ift 0 English Country Dance I (All Things Bright and Beautiful) Sharing a Staff 8 (Sharing a Staff Étude) Austria (Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken) The Ash Grove I 0 (et All Things No iving) I m Gonna Sing 6 (Spiritual) Native American Melody 5 (Many and Great, O God, Are Thy Works) German Melody 67 (When Christmas Morn Is Daning) English Country Dance II 77 (All Things Bright and Beautiful) The Ash Grove II 8 (et All Things No iving) Theme y Haydn 89 (We, Thy People, Praise Thee) Trumpet Tune in C 99 (Trumpet March) inger Activities Pages 05

3 0 Études # #5 Teaching and ehearsal Suggestions Étude (AY-tude rhymes ith tune or cue) is a French ord hich means study In music, an étude is a composition designed to help students develop a specific skill Études # #5 and their corresponding exercises allo the ringers to practice these specific skills: ing Damp Sing Thum Damp/Pluck/Mallet Martellato/Martellato-ift The music in each étude remains the same Only the techniques change The folloing ringers page has five exercises, each designed to teach the skill needed for a specific étude Ask all ringers to pretend they are ringing the notes in the space and on the line used in each exercise Have the ringers learn each exercise and then ring the corresponding étude Teach Exercise # and Étude # folloed y Exercise # and Étude # Save Exercises # #5 and Études # #5 until the ringers have more ringing experience The staccato dot, used in Exercise #, may e used to indicate pluck, thum damp, or mallet (ells on the tale) The size of the handell ill help determine hich technique to ask the ringers to use If mallets are used for this exercise, teach ringers to use them properly Handchimes should not e thum damped or plucked, ut they may e finger damped See Finger Damp (p 6) for an explanation of finger damping handchimes DO NOT USE MAETS ON HANDCHIMES WHICH AE ESTING ON THE TABE Handchime choirs may do Exercise #5 and Étude #5 y finger damping quarter notes and ringing half notes and hole notes Manufacturers strongly advise against using percussive techniques such as martellato and martellato-lift ith handchimes q q q q q Étude Points to Ponder There are no clefs used in these exercises, therefore the notes do not have specific letter names Ask all ringers to pretend that they are ringing the notes in the second space and on the middle line The loer ell/chime is in the left hand; the higher ell/chime is in the right hand Before ringing Étude #, remind the ringers: ing exactly on the eat Play all ells/chimes together Shoulder-damp a ell/chime on the first eat of each measure if it is not rung again on that eat Étude # is a study in damping Teach the ringers to use a circular ringing motion, to ring the ell/chime to the shoulder, and to damp precisely on the rests Have the ringers count the eats aloud hile ringing these exercises, then ring each exercise again and have them count silently hile ringing To help the ringers, in Étude # the eats have een given for the first four measures A ringer ho cannot count a piece of music correctly cannot ring it correctly! After the ringers have learned an exercise as a group, ask for volunteers to perform it as a solo ringer or as part of a duet or trio This ill uild self-esteem and allo the ringers to learn from one another and to support and teach one another

4 Études # #5 ingers Warm-up Exercises Exercise Equipment Everyone has ells/chimes one in each hand ing the notes in the space ith the ell/chime in your left hand () It s the loer note ing the notes on the line ith the ell/chime in your right hand () It s the higher note Count the eats aloud hile ringing each exercise Then ring it again and count to yourself (Damp precisely on the rests) Exercise # ing Exercise # - Damp Exercise # - Sing Exercise # - Thum Damp/Pluck/Mallet (Handchime ringers may finger damp or omit this exercise) Ṙ Ṙ Exercise #5 - Martellato Martellato-ift (Handchime ringers may finger damp quarter notes and ring the hole note) This material may e reproduced for classroom or choir use This is a non-transferale license Étude

5 Étude # inging Octaves Handells or Handchimes used: 5 Moderato Martha ynn Thompson Étude # 007 The American Guild of English Handell ingers, Inc 055 E Centerville Station d, Dayton, OH All rights reserved agehrorg Printed in USA This piece may e reproduced for classroom or choir use This is a non-transferale license

6 5 Octaves Handells or Handchimes used: Moderato 9 Étude # Thum Damp, Pluck, or Mallet Ó Ó 9 Martha ynn Thompson 007 The American Guild of English Handell ingers, Inc 055 E Centerville Station d, Dayton, OH All rights reserved agehrorg Printed in USA This piece may e reproduced for classroom or choir use This is a non-transferale license Étude #

7 Sharing a Staff Étude ingers' Warm-up Exercises Exercise equipment Everyone has to ells or chimes one in each hand 9 These exercises have to parts (also called voices) on each staff The notes for the upper part/voice ill have their stems going up The notes for the loer part/voice ill have their stems going don "Track" your notes Do their stems go up or don ing the notes in the space ith the ell/chime in your left hand () ing the notes on the line ith the ell/chime in your right hand () (In these exercises, your notes ill alays e in the same part stems-up or stems-don Your notes WI NOT MOVE from one part (stems-up or stems-don) to the other) One ay to indicate a repeat: Exercise # Exercise # Exercise # Another ay to indicate a repeat: Exercise # This material may e reproduced for classroom or choir use This is a non-transferale license Sharing a Staff

8 Sharing a Staff Étude Octaves Handells used: Moderato (q = ca 96-) Martha ynn Thompson Ó 0 Ó Ó Ó Ó 5 Ó Ó Ó Ó 6 Ó 007 The American Guild of English Handell ingers, Inc 055 E Centerville Station d, Dayton, OH All rights reserved agehrorg Printed in USA This piece may e reproduced for classroom or choir use This is a non-transferale license Sharing Étude

9 X ring X in X The Ash Grove I ingers' Warm-up Exercises Exercise Equipment Everyone has ells/chimes For Exercises # #6 you ill need only to of them (the naturals), one in each hand ( and ) The third ell/chime (X) is on the tale in front of you You ill need it for Exercises #7 and #8 Exercise # Exercise # Exercise # Exercise # Exercise #5 Exercise #6 Exercise Equipment No you need that third ell/chime hich is on the padded tale in front of you The right hand makes the changes in Ex #7 The left hand makes the changes in Ex #8 Exercise #7 Exercise #8 ring X in This material may e reproduced for classroom or choir use This is a non-transferale license X X The Ash Grove I

10 The Ash Grove I et All Things No iving Sent Forth y God s Blessing Octaves Handells or Handchimes used: 5 PEFOMANCE NOTES: The melody to The Ash Grove I has een simplified y removing all the passing tones or eighth notes so that it can e rung y eginning choirs The complete melody, found in many song ooks, may e played on a C instrument during the ringing of Setting I Setting I and II (p 87) ill stand alone or oth settings may e rung one after the other Moderato (q = ca 96-) F ASH GOVE Welsh Folk Melody Arranged y Martha ynn Thompson The Ash Grove I 007 The American Guild of English Handell ingers, Inc 055 E Centerville Station d, Dayton, OH All rights reserved agehrorg Printed in USA This piece may e reproduced for classroom or choir use This is a non-transferale license

11 5 6 P n n n F rit The Ash Grove I

12 eading Notes on the Grand Staff Notes of the Grand Staff D E F G A B C D E F G A B C G A B C D E F G A B C 07 INSTUCTIONS: Write the name on the note on the line eneath it The notes in each measure ill spell a ord This material may e reproduced for classroom or choir use This is a non-transferale license

13 08 WOD SEACH # No letters are shared X E Z G U I N E Z X J K W Z F C T W Z C X F E P X Z E I T A S X S E M I H C X Z V P E Q A V O V C N U P A H S Z V T T F Z B T W Y O I Z V X Q U T G E H K G V E H N V G S Y X T Z B V C C W T G A Z X A G Z T T N A C V B Q J T W Y E T S D N P M K P Y T W Q U T D M N J S P B J M D D X G P D Y C D F B Z O Q E Z K D A Y E T O N D E X N P B S D V M D Q J P X A C A G Y J T E D F M D P C T G I S S A B T D B K C Z B Y Z O P BASS BEAT BES CHIMES FAT FOTE INE MEASUE NATUA NOTE PIANO EST SHAP SPACE TIE This material may e reproduced for classroom or choir use This is a non-transferale license