{"id":144,"date":"2017-07-26T23:04:29","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T23:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/?p=144"},"modified":"2017-07-26T23:04:29","modified_gmt":"2017-07-26T23:04:29","slug":"go-baroque-proper-damping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/go-baroque-proper-damping\/","title":{"rendered":"Go “Baroque” for Proper Damping"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"At times, musical results don\u2019t depend on the correct notes being rung rather, that they are damped properly.\u00a0 Teaching damping is just as important as teaching ringing.\u00a0 Read more about it here<\/a>.\u00a0 If you have piano training, you might think back to repertoire that helped mold you as the player you are today.\u00a0 Undoubtedly, music from the Baroque period filled your early years more specifically, J. S. Bach\u2019s Anna Magdalena Notebook<\/em> and Inventions<\/em>.\u00a0 Just as these timeless works have helped develop proper keyboard technique to players over the centuries, a relation to ringing can be found.<\/p>\n

While the English handbell was invented during the Baroque period, it wasn\u2019t until the latter half of the 20th<\/sup> century when more sophisticated tonal harmonies were used to accompany melodies on handbells.\u00a0 This proved to develop and refine ringing techniques which were later transferred to handchimes.<\/p>\n

Because of the clean lines and harmonies of music of the Baroque, ringers who practice this genre will develop improved damping skills which will later transfer to all the music which they ring.\u00a0 When training musicians new to ringing, make it a point to program a Baroque piece which will help with their basic ringing and damping techniques.\u00a0 For seasoned ringers, it is a great exercise in \u201ctightening up\u201d their technique.<\/p>\n

As you plan your program year, consider music of the Baroque \u2013 not only does it sound great on ringing instruments but, the proper technique that it develops will ring on.<\/p>\n

Here are some recommendations of Baroque music for your handchime or handbell ensemble all of which are available for purchase and Digital Download on the ChimeWorks website under Handchime Ensembles<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Largo<\/a>\u00a0 Antonio Vivaldi \u00a0arr. Kevin McChesney<\/p>\n

Two Short Classical Pieces<\/a> \u00a0Carl Bohm and Christopher Gluck \u00a0arr. Bob Burroughs<\/p>\n

Thine Is The Glory<\/a> \u00a0G. F. Handel \u00a0arr. Margaret Tucker<\/p>\n

Air in D<\/a> \u00a0J. S. Bach \u00a0arr. William H. Mathis<\/p>\n

My Heart Ever Faithful<\/a> \u00a0 J. S. Bach \u00a0arr. Sharon Elery Rogers<\/p>\n

Sheep May Safely Graze<\/a> \u00a0J. S. Bach \u00a0arr.Sharon Elery Rogers<\/p>\n

Rondeau<\/a> \u00a0Jean Joseph Mouret \u00a0arr. Arnold B. Sherman<\/p>\n

Go Not Far From Me, O God<\/a> \u00a0Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli \u00a0arr. Martha Lynn Thompson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At times, musical results don\u2019t depend on the correct notes being rung rather, that they are damped properly.\u00a0 Teaching damping is just as important as teaching ringing.\u00a0 Read more about it here.\u00a0 If you have piano training, you might think back to repertoire that helped mold you as the player you are today.\u00a0 Undoubtedly, music … Continue reading Go “Baroque” for Proper Damping<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,31,1],"tags":[34,21,30],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144"}],"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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":147,"href":"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144\/revisions\/147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}