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Abide With Me Abide With Me - A beautiful, full setting of the favorite hymn tune EVENTIDE.
 Comp: Monk, William Henry
 Arr: Krug, Jason
 Octaves: 2-5
 Level:2
 Rating: Easy



Abide With Me Abide With Me - One of the great traditional hymns of the church – EVENTIDE – receives a contemporary yet sensitive setting in this Ron Mallory arrangement.
 Comp: Traditional
 Arr: Mallory, Ron
 Octaves: 3-5
 Level:3
 Rating: Medium



All Day Long All Day Long - This arrangement uses a traditional tune as the source and is a statement plus 4 variations. It is rhythmically easy.
 Comp:
 Arr: Page, A. L.
 Octaves: 3
 Level:3
 Rating: Easy



All Hail King Jesus All Hail King Jesus - A fanfare introduces this arrangement of Dave Moody's contemporary Christian praise chorus.
 Comp: Moody, J.
 Arr: Ingram, B.
 Octaves: 3-5
 Level:3
 Rating: Medium



All Hail the Power of Jesus Name All Hail the Power of Jesus Name - Kevin McChesney gives this familiar tune a truly triumphant character. The setting uses 3-6 octaves of handbells and an optional keyboard. Although the keyboard is optional, its use will greatly enhance the arrangement!
 Comp: Holden, Oliver & Chapman, Don
 Arr: McChesney, Kevin
 Octaves: 3-6
 Level:3
 Rating: Medium



All Hail the Power of Jesus Name All Hail the Power of Jesus Name - Kevin McChesney gives this familiar tune a truly triumphant character. The setting uses 3-6 octaves of handbells and an optional keyboard. Although the keyboard is optional, its use will greatly enhance the arrangement!
 Comp: Holden, Oliver & Chapman, Don
 Arr: McChesney, Kevin
 Octaves: 3-6
 Level:3
 Rating: Medium



All Is Well  All Is Well - A quiet and peaceful selection with an optional flute part. Perform year round by omitting the flute since only it contains fragments of "Silent Night."
 Comp: Smith, M.
 Arr: Christopher, K.
 Octaves: 3
 Level:2+
 Rating: Easy Medium



All My Heart This Night Rejoices All My Heart This Night Rejoices - An optional narrator quoting the word of this hymn tune by Johann Georg Ebeling enhances the music of the Christmas hymn.
 Comp: Ebeling, J.
 Arr: McChesney, K.
 Octaves: 3
 Level:2+
 Rating: Easy Medium



All Night All Day All Night All Day - Convincing with 2 or 3 octaves, this is a creative, rhythmic arrangement of the spiritual in which the rhythm is emphasized with the use of the plucking technique.
 Comp:
 Arr: Morris, H.
 Octaves: 2-3
 Level:3
 Rating: Easy Medium



Alpha Series for Handbells Volume 1 Alpha Series for Handbells Volume 1 - The Alpha Series is for 2-3 octave choirs and written to appeal to children through senior adult; it contains easy chordal arrangements.
 Comp: Various
 Arr: Waldrop, T.
 Octaves: 2-3
 Level:2
 Rating: Easy



Alpha Series for Handbells Volume 3 Alpha Series for Handbells Volume 3 - "Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella" and "Good King Wenceslas" are separately arranged in volume three of the "Alpha" series. This collection/suite is ideal for the beginning group.
 Comp: Various
 Arr: Waldrop, T./Ingram, B.
 Octaves: 2-3
 Level:1+
 Rating: Easy



Alpha Series for Handbells Volume 4 Alpha Series for Handbells Volume 4 - This is number 4 in this series designed as accessible music for 2-3 octave choirs and appealing to a wide age range. It contains 2 spirituals: "Lord I Want to Be a Christian" and "Go Down Moses."
 Comp:
 Arr: Ingram, B.
 Octaves: 2-3
 Level:2
 Rating: Easy



Alpha Series for Handbells Volume 5 Alpha Series for Handbells Volume 5 - The "Alpha Series" is accessible music for 2-3 octaves of handbells of interest to a wide age range. This 5th volume contains: "Morning Has Broken" and "It is Well With My Soul."
 Comp: Various
 Arr: Waldrop, T.
 Octaves: 2-3
 Level:2
 Rating: Easy



Alpha Series for Handbells Volume 6 Alpha Series for Handbells Volume 6 - The Alpha Series is accessible music for 2-3 octaves of handbells of interest to a wide age range. This version contains "O How He Loves You and Me" and "I Love Thee".
 Comp: Various
 Arr: Braman, Barry
 Octaves: 2-3
 Level:2
 Rating: Easy



Alpha Series for Handbells Volume 7 Alpha Series for Handbells Volume 7 - The "Alpha Series" is accessible music for 2-3 octaves of handbells of interest to a wide age range. This version contains: "Let Us Break Bread Together and Peace Like a River".
 Comp: Various
 Arr: Ingram, B./Hendricks
 Octaves: 2-3
 Level:2
 Rating: Easy



Alpha Series for Handbells Volume 8 Alpha Series for Handbells Volume 8 - The Alpha Series is accessible music for 2-3 octaves of handbells of interest to a wide age range. This version on grace contains "Grace Greater Than Our Sin" and "Amazing Grace".
 Comp: Various
 Arr: Jones, Bobby
 Octaves: 2-3
 Level:2
 Rating: Easy



Alpha Series for Handbells Volume 9 Alpha Series for Handbells Volume 9 - The "Alpha Series" is accessible music for 2-3 octaves of handbells of interest to a wide age range. This joyous version contains: "Joyful Canticle" and "Hymn to Joy."
 Comp: Various
 Arr: McChesney, K.
 Octaves: 2-3
 Level:2
 Rating: Easy



Amazing Grace Amazing Grace - Thirteen bells ranging from D5 - G6 are scored in this solo version of the early American melody. Performance instructions are written right into the score.
 Comp:
 Arr: Rogers, S.
 Octaves: 2
 Level:NA
 Rating: Medium



Amen Amen - Hart Morris has "done it again!" He packs his traditional bouncy beat and fun techniques into this favorite spiritual. The optional rhythm section includes parts for bongos, sandblocks, triangle and handclaps.
 Comp:
 Arr: Morris, H.
 Octaves: 3-5
 Level:4
 Rating: Med Adv



Amen Amen - Hart Morris has "done it again!" He packs his traditional bouncy beat and fun techniques into this favorite spiritual. The optional rhythm section includes parts for bongos, sandblocks, triangle and handclaps.
 Comp:
 Arr: Morris, H.
 Octaves: 3-5
 Level:4
 Rating: Med Adv



Angels We Have Heard on High Angels We Have Heard on High - Here is a golden opportunity to use 2 choirs, a 2 octave group and a 3-4 octave group. Use chimes and bells or 2 bell choirs.
 Comp:
 Arr: Ingram, B.
 Octaves: 2-4
 Level:2
 Rating: Easy Medium



Angels We Have Heard On High Angels We Have Heard On High - Bagpipers and field drummers show up (figuratively speaking) in this arrangement of the favorite French carol. Grace notes played as martellatos give the effect of being in the Scottish highlands, while drum-like staccato rhythms punctuate the piece.
 Comp: French Carol
 Arr: Lamb, Linda
 Octaves: 3
 Level:2
 Rating: Easy Medium



Ascension Ascension - Handbells and piano combine in this original work written in memory of one who "was devoted to the Risen Saviour, Jesus Christ."
 Comp: McChesney, Kevin
 Arr:
 Octaves: 3-5
 Level:3
 Rating: Medium



Ascension Ascension - Handbells and piano combine in this original work written in memory of one who "was devoted to the Risen Saviour, Jesus Christ."
 Comp: McChesney, Kevin
 Arr:
 Octaves: 3-5
 Level:3
 Rating: Medium



As the Deer As the Deer - Here's a set-up you don't see often, an arrangement JUST for three octaves with no parentheses! The favorite praise chorus is set in fast four, making good use of all the bells in the three octave range. The melody appears in upper and lower registers.
 Comp: Nystrom, M.
 Arr: Littleton, R. Lyndel
 Octaves: 3
 Level:1+
 Rating: Easy



At Calvary At Calvary - Nine measures of straightforward ringing introduce Jefferey Hall's arrangement of D.B. Tower's original gospel hymn. But hang on! In measure 10, the piece takes off for a bouncy ride!
 Comp: Tower, D.B.
 Arr: Hall, Jefferey A.
 Octaves: 4-6
 Level:3
 Rating: Medium



At the Cross At the Cross - Good attention to the varying tempos, tenutos, and fermatas will help strengthen the musicality of this setting of Ralph Hudson's gospel hymn.
 Comp: Hudson, Ralph E.
 Arr: Lamb, Linda R.
 Octaves: 3-5
 Level:3
 Rating: Medium



Awake My Soul Awake My Soul - Psalms 108 begins - "My heart is steadfast, O God; I will sing praises, even with my soul" and it is on this and following verses that this original composition is based.
 Comp: McChesney, K.
 Arr:
 Octaves: 2-6
 Level:3
 Rating: Medium



Awake My Soul Awake My Soul - Psalms 108 begins - "My heart is steadfast, O God; I will sing praises, even with my soul" and it is on this and following verses that this original composition is based.
 Comp: McChesney, K.
 Arr:
 Octaves: 2-6
 Level:3
 Rating: Medium



Away in a Manger Away in a Manger - Ideal for the beginning or less experienced handbell choir, this is a very easy, quiet arrangement of the familiar favorite Christmas tune.
 Comp: Murray
 Arr: Waldrop, T.
 Octaves: 2-3
 Level:1
 Rating: Easy



Away In a Manger Away In a Manger - Ron Mallory's sensitive and creative arrangement of this favorite Christmas hymn is simple in technique but lovely to hear. The melody is played by both high bells and low bells at different points to feature each section of the choir at its musical best.
 Comp: Murray, James R.
 Arr: Mallory, Ron
 Octaves: 3-5
 Level:2-
 Rating: Easy



Away In A Manger Away In A Manger - A dreamy, lullaby mood is created in the second section of this traditional carol arrangement by the use of mallets on suspended high-treble bells.
 Comp: Traditional
 Arr: Roth, Karen
 Octaves: 3-5
 Level:2
 Rating: Easy Medium