This tender arrangement of Mark Lowry and Buddy Greene's popular Christmas song weaves handbells, handchimes, and lyrical scoring into a beautiful musical tapestry. All registers are given the melody line throughout the length of the piece, allowing every ringer a chance to "shine". Dynamic changes play an important part in this piece and careful attention must be paid to them. The wistful character of the music is achieved through a gentle (quarter = 80-84) tempo marking and frequent use of the LV technique. 84 measures in all, this piece is set in c minor.
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Composer:
Lowry, Mark & Greene, Buddy
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Arranger:
Page, Anna Laura
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Octaves:
3-5
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Level:
3
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Rating:
Medium
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Copyright:
2011
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Season:
Advent
, Christmas
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Classification:
Church or Concert
, Instrument Part
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Technique:
LV (Let Vibrate)
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Voicing:
Handbells, No Choral
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Instrument:
Chimes(Choirchimes or Handchimes)
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Bells Used:
Three Octaves: 25 Bells; Four Octaves: 32 Bells; Five Octaves: 38 Bells
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