Praise by F. Gramann

• No Shared Bells: No Shared Bells
• Author/Composer/Arranger: Fred Gramann
• Use: Sacred, Secular
• Octaves Used - Select One: 3 - 5 Octaves
• Level: Level 2+
• Topic: Festival, General
• Use Caution with Techniques and/or Tempo: Caution

Composed with massed ringing in mind, this original work lends itself equally well to being rung by a single choir. It is composed in the Mixolydian Mode, thus the white keys on the piano from G to G with a lowered 7th degree (F natural instead of the expected F#). The title can be easily adapted to different situations. At a slower tempo, it might be called "A Modal Meditation". At a more lively tempo it could be entitled "A Modal Prelude" and if played quickly and robustly, then "Praise". Be creative!

There are two occasions in this piece where "hemiola" is employed: m. 21-22 and m. 53-54. This means that two groups of three beats are replaced by three groups of two beats with the resulting accents on beats 1 & 3 in the first measure and beat 2 in the second measure.