Our handbell music catalog is growing all the time! The duets we play in performances need no more than 8 handbells. However, Larry has also arranged and composed a lot more music, ranging from handbell solos to full handbell choir pieces. You’ll find sheet music available to purchase, download and print from Choraegus, our music site.
If you’d like to listen to some of our music, you can find some performance and demonstration videos here on our website. You can also go to our YouTube channel to find videos and playlists of our music there. Additionally, you’ll find demonstration videos on the Choraegus site, for all of the downloadable handbell music there.
Downloadable handbell music
There’s so much music available from Choraegus that it’s hard to know where to start! Here’s a list of some of what’s there:
6-Bell Music
Larry had shoulder surgery in May 2020, and had to wear a sling for a while. As a result, he began writing music for just six bells. These pieces have piano accompaniment, and are suitable for 2-3 ringers.
8-Bell Music
So much music, for just eight bells! Some of the arrangements are accompanied, and others are for handbells alone. There are “surprisingly easy” arrangements, and some more-challenging pieces. Larry has been writing 8-bell music since 2011, and has built up a wide range of pieces. Whatever you’re looking for, Choraegus is your best source for 8-bell music!
12-Bell Music
We have a growing catalog of 12-bell music, with much of it available in two versions. You can choose which version to buy, depending on which range of bells you prefer. Our 12-bell arrangements need no bell changes and no bell-sharing, and are suitable for 3-6 ringers.
16-Bell Music
We have some interesting pieces for 16 bells – suitable for 4-8 ringers. We’ve had fun recording these arrangements with just the two of us!
Full-choir handbell music
There’s a lot of full-choir handbell music available from Choraegus. Larry is known for writing original and interesting arrangements. Some are challenging, and have been performed at bronze-level handbell events. Others are very accessible, and suitable for church and community handbell choirs of all experience levels.
So much music for handbells and choirs!
The Choraegus site is a treasure-trove of exciting musical finds! In addition to all the above, there are handbell solos, arrangements for bass ensembles, choral pieces, and even piano music. We hope you’ll take a look, and that you’ll find something you like. If you don’t find what you’re looking for, let us know!
How to buy handbell music from Choraegus
Choraegus handbell music is designed to be downloaded. When you buy music, it will come to you as a PDF file. You’ll be responsible for printing your own copies of the music, and you won’t receive anything in the mail. You can purchase music, download and print it, and be ready for rehearsal that same day! Your purchase entitles you to print a certain number of copies of the music for your handbell choir; please see our licensing agreement for full details. Purchase also gives permission for performance, broadcasting, live-streaming and online video-sharing.
If you’re new to buying music from Choraegus, we recommend our step-by-step guide. We designed this to help make the purchasing process straightforward and (we hope) stress-free.
Any questions?
If you have any questions about buying or playing Choraegus handbell music, you might like to look at our Frequently-Asked Questions. If you don’t find the answers you see, please contact us and we’ll be happy to help!
Hi Karen! We don’t specify how many ringers are needed to play our music, but lots of 5-ringer groups play our 12-bell music, with one ringer (usually the one with the highest bells) playing 4-in-hand. Alternatively, you could look at 8-bell music and consider doubling one of the parts. Some groups choose two bells and have one ringer double them down an octave, or they add a couple of handchimes, or ask the 5th ringer to play percussion! Another suggestion would be to look at accompanied 8-bell music, and suggest that one of the ringers might like to play the piano part! Of course, it all depends on the skills/likes/dislikes of your ringers, but we hope you’ll take a look at the Choraegus website and see if there’s something there that might work for your group. Happy New Year!
Do you have any 5 bell ringers music?
Hi Rose,
We don’t have a specific collection of pieces for memorial services, but we have lots of suitable pieces available for purchase individually. One way to find them is to look at our YouTube channel – http://www.youtube.com/larryandcarla – where you’ll find a playlist of pieces suitable for memorial and remembrance services. Each of the demonstration videos has a link in the description that will take you to our music site to find out more.
Alternatively, you could go direct to our music site – http://www.choraegus.com – and take a look at the 8-bell hymns to find music that might be suitable. You’ll find them under the heading “Ring”. We do have several 8-bell hymn collections, in both “standard” and “surprisingly easy” versions. These collections offer better value than purchasing pieces individually, although not all the hymns in each collection will be suitable for memorial services.
If you have any questions about any of the music, or you don’t find what you’re looking for, please let us know and we’ll do our best to help!
Do you have an 8 bell collection that would be appropriate for religious memorial services? If you do, can I preview any in the collection?
Thanks,
Rose