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Including handbells and handchimes in contemporary worship is possible and it works!\u00a0 As some churches change their worship style of a particular service or entire Sunday morning, the practice of putting ringing instruments away in a closet has occurred over and over.\u00a0 However, there is no reason to do so.<\/p>\n
The music of contemporary worship tends to reflect trends of popular music.\u00a0 The belief of many is that some are attracted to worship in a way that reflects the secular culture of their daily lives.\u00a0 Ever present in popular music that is played on a daily basis is an instrumental background to a vocalist or group.\u00a0 The variation in instrumentation not only adds color but reinforces the rhythmic drive through a particular song.\u00a0 The same concept is used in contemporary Christian music.<\/p>\n
As church musicians, we have the call to use the resources of our congregation \u2013 people and instruments \u2013 to lift our best to God in every way. By using our ringing instruments rather than discounting them, we can embellish contemporary music with their ethereal and sparkling sounds and we can increase active participation in Worship through the talents of members of our congregations.<\/p>\n
While the common sound of the praise band may include keyboard, drums and guitar, why not take it up a notch by adding some handchimes to the bass echoing the harmonic pattern for more resonance and sustain.\u00a0 A simple ostinato on bells may replace that of a keyboard and give more color.\u00a0Convert a non-pitched percussion part into a pitched one using ringing instruments.\u00a0 All of these are simple additions which will lead to uncommon ground in contemporary music.<\/p>\n
Contemporary music can be played by a ringing ensemble as well.\u00a0 Over the years, we have seen more releases of published arrangements of popular music that are stunning.\u00a0 The same is true for Christian music.<\/p>\n
Below are some examples of music that can be used in a contemporary Worship setting.\u00a0 All of these pieces are available in the ChimeWorks store<\/a>\u00a0for ringing ensembles and work well with handbell and handchimes.\u00a0 The scores are available for immediate purchase and digital download.<\/p>\n Click on the links below to find more information on each collection or piece.\u00a0 They begin at Level 1 in difficulty.<\/p>\n Easy to Ring Praise & Worship <\/a>\u00a0\u00a0(3 \u2013 5 Octaves)\u00a0 Level 1+<\/p>\n Easy to Ring Praise & Worship II \u00a0\u00a0(2 \u2013 3 Octaves)<\/a> (3 – 5 Octaves)<\/a> \u00a0Level 1+<\/p>\n Easy to Ring Praise & Worship III\u00a0 (2 \u2013 3 Octaves) <\/a>\u00a0\u00a0(3 \u2013 5 Octaves<\/a>)\u00a0 Levels 1 & 2<\/p>\n Easy to Ring Praise & Worship IV\u00a0 (2 \u2013 3 Octaves<\/a>)\u00a0 (3 \u2013 5 Octaves<\/a>)\u00a0 Levels 1 & 2<\/p>\n Easy to Ring Praise & Worship V <\/a>\u00a0(3 \u2013 5 Octaves)\u00a0 Levels 1 & 2<\/p>\n Easy to Ring Praise & Worship VI\u00a0 (2 \u2013 3 Octaves<\/a>)\u00a0 (3 \u2013 5 Octaves<\/a>)\u00a0 Level 1 & 2<\/p>\n Easy to Ring Praise & Worship VII \u00a0(2 \u2013 3 Octaves)<\/a> (3 – 5 Octaves)<\/a> Levels 1 & 2<\/p>\n Easy to Ring Praise & Worship VIII\u00a0\u00a0(2 – 3 Octaves<\/a>)\u00a0(3 \u2013 5 Octaves)<\/a> Levels 1 & 2<\/p>\n Lamb of God with There Is A Redeemer<\/a>\u00a0(3- 5 Octaves)\u00a0 Level 2<\/p>\n Awesome God<\/a> (3 – 5) Level 3+<\/p>\n Awesome God & Almighty<\/a>\u00a0(2 \u2013 3 Octaves)\u00a0 Level 2-<\/p>\n How Beautiful<\/a>\u00a0(3 \u2013 5 Octaves) \u00a0Level 2<\/p>\n How Majestic Is Your Name<\/a> (2 – 3 Octaves) \u00a0Level 2+<\/p>\n Lamb of God<\/a>\u00a0 (3 \u2013 5 Octaves) Level 2+<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Including handbells and handchimes in contemporary worship is possible and it works!\u00a0 As some churches change their worship style of a particular service or entire Sunday morning, the practice of putting ringing instruments away in a closet has occurred over and over.\u00a0 However, there is no reason to do so. The music of … Continue reading Ringing in Contemporary Worship<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[56,3,31,38],"tags":[36,48,37,35,57,21],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432"}],"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=432"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":464,"href":"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432\/revisions\/464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}