Review:
This unique and entertaining arrangement combines secular and sacred tunes in a hoedown context. Besides an abundance of techniques, the quartet adds whip, woodblock, cowbell and jingle bells. It's a wonderful closing to any ensemble performance and use your imagination to spice it up even more. Some may know the full choir score of which this is an arrangement (published by Red River). A challenge but certainly a show stopper, this piece is arranged in G Major and is 57 measures.
Published by:
Cantabile Press
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Composer:
Various
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Arranger:
Stephenson, V.
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Octaves:
3-4
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Level:
NA
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Rating:
Advanced
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Copyright:
1998
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Season:
Christmas
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Less than a full handbell choir:
Quartet
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Classification:
Medley
, Concert
, Secular
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Technique:
Mallet
, TD (Thumb Damp)
, Martellato Lift
, Sk (Shake)
, Martellato
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Voicing:
Handbells, No Choral
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Instrument:
Percussion
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Bells Used:
Three Octaves: 26 Bells; Four Octaves: 27 Bells
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