{"id":130,"date":"2017-07-20T00:19:08","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T00:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/?p=130"},"modified":"2018-06-24T13:30:32","modified_gmt":"2018-06-24T13:30:32","slug":"tips-choosing-repertoire-beginners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/tips-choosing-repertoire-beginners\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips for Choosing Repertoire for Beginners"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-131 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/cgb963-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/cgb963-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/cgb963.jpg 387w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><em>It\u2019s hard to believe it\u2019s late June \u2013 have your thoughts taken you to planning the program year?\u00a0 If you are starting a new handchime ensemble this fall, here are some tips to help you choose the appropriate repertoire for your beginning group:<\/em><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Be sure to check the Handbells (Handchimes) Used Chart. \u00a0Use music that remains in the key that it is written and does not use any extra or accidental handchimes. This insures that each ringer will have no more than two diatonic pitches to ring so that they don\u2019t have to tackle any handchime changes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Choose music that is homophonic (chordal) in texture so that your ringers will have the support of each other as they progress through the score. Independent lines are not desirable for beginning ringers.\u00a0 Ringing together in chords avails your ensemble to the support of the team.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Keep the tempos moderate while your ringers develop their eye and hand coordination. As a director, you are asking your ringers to do a lot \u2013 ring the notes accurately, damp when needed, move their arms to produce a more legato line and so much more.\u00a0 Slower tempos will allow your ringers to think through the process.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Simple rhythms are best! Choose music that is based on whole notes, half notes and quarter notes.\u00a0 No subdividing the beat at first.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stick with the basics of ringing and damping. There is plenty of time to teach different techniques.\u00a0 In the beginning, it is important to develop a strong foundation in ringing style by moving the instruments through the duration of the beat and damping.\u00a0 Once this is mastered, go to the next step with articulations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you are not sure how to begin in choosing music, visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/products\/chimeworks\/handchime-ensembles\/\">Handchime Ensembles<\/a> page on the ChimeWorks website and filter the Difficulty choices to Levels 1-, 1 and 1+.\u00a0 There you will find titles of interest and click further to view sample pages and hear a recording. \u00a0Click<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/products\/starting-point-volume-2\/\"> here<\/a> to view the<em> Starting Point<\/em> resource as shown above.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><em>With these resources, planning will be easy and you may find time to fit in another vacation before the new year begins!<\/em><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s hard to believe it\u2019s late June \u2013 have your thoughts taken you to planning the program year?\u00a0 If you are starting a new handchime ensemble this fall, here are some tips to help you choose the appropriate repertoire for your beginning group: &nbsp; Be sure to check the Handbells (Handchimes) Used Chart. \u00a0Use music &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/tips-choosing-repertoire-beginners\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tips for Choosing Repertoire for Beginners<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[27,31],"tags":[11,21],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":490,"href":"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130\/revisions\/490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}