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Starting a new ringing ensemble with music that includes whole notes and half notes is recommended for the first rehearsals.\u00a0 If you are directing a new group this year, you\u2019ll want your music choices to include simpler rhythms in a moderate tempo so that your new ringers can focus on developing their ringing skills even if they are seasoned music readers.<\/p>\n
Your ringers will have great success in playing homophonic music in which they will have the support of the group as they advance from chord to chord.\u00a0 Giving them the opportunity as they work as a team in ringing and damping together will be positive reinforcement.\u00a0 Musical results will be achieved as they coordinate their arm motion with the chordal ringing. Longer notes will also help develop to music literacy for pre-readers as well as eye and hand coordination.<\/p>\n
If your new group includes those new to music-making \u2013 you will welcome the ability to teach them basic note values with resources that progress systematically.\u00a0 We\u2019ve been busy at ChimeWorks<\/a> compiling some suggestions (all available for immediate purchase and digital download) for you which will get your program off to ringing success:<\/p>\n A Simple Prayer (Soliloquy)<\/a>\u00a0by Linda R. Lamb<\/p>\n Prelude to Sunrise<\/a>\u00a0by Sandra Eithun<\/p>\n Tranquil Chimings<\/a>\u00a0by Sandra Eithun<\/p>\n Starting Point, Volume 2<\/a>\u00a0( 2- 3 Octaves) by Sandra Eithun<\/p>\n Starting Point, Volume 2<\/a> (3 – 5 Octaves) by Sandra Eithun<\/p>\n Pathways to Musical Ringing, Volume 2 (2 – 3 Octaves)<\/a> by Sandra Eithun & Michael Joy<\/p>\n Pathways to Musical Ringing, Volume 2 (3 – 5 Octaves)<\/a> by Sandra Eithun & Michael Joy<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Starting a new ringing ensemble with music that includes whole notes and half notes is recommended for the first rehearsals.\u00a0 If you are directing a new group this year, you\u2019ll want your music choices to include simpler rhythms in a moderate tempo so that your new ringers can focus on developing their ringing skills even … Continue reading Two Halves Make a Whole<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,31,1],"tags":[18,11,21,30],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149"}],"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=149"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":153,"href":"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149\/revisions\/153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}