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Music Department
Seventh Grade Handbell Ensemble
Eighth Grade Handbell Ensemble
Instructor: Greg Mugione
Location: Room 303
Class Sessions:
Seventh Grade: Wednesdays, Thursdays, & Fridays 1:45-2:25 p.m.
Semester I or II
Eighth Grade: Wednesdays, Thursdays, & Fridays 10:05-10:45 a.m.
Semester I or II
Description:
Students enrolled in the Handbell elective will enhance their musical skills
as they are introduced to exciting and increasingly popular handbell music.
These courses allow students to improve their musical literacy while
simultaneously gaining better dexterity and coordination through the various
techniques of bell ringing. Most importantly, the students will develop
team-effort skills in performance and rehearsal “set-up” and “break-down.”
Curriculum:
Notation
Enharmonic relationships
Dynamics
Melody vs. accompaniment
Ringing techniques
mallet ringing
thumb damping
plucking
echo ringing
martellato
Coordination skills through Drills
legato
staccato
rhythmic accuracy
Care and Maitainence of handbells
Texts/Resources:
Keller, M., "Developing Coordination and Technical Skills in Handbell
Choirs: Fifty Progressive Exercises for Handbell Choirs," Lorenz Corp.,
Dayton, OH, 1993.
McKechnie, L., "Ringing for the First Time," Harold Flammer Music, Delaware
Water Gap, PA, 1987.
Smith, J. R., ed., "Overtones: The Official Bimonthly Journal of the American
Guild of English Handbell Ringers," Lorenz Corporation, Volume 52,
No. 3-present.
Handbell music selected by director
Grading:
Performance: 50%*
Written Evaluations 40%
Participation: 10%
*All students in these courses are required to participate in ONE Middle
School Concert:
Tuesday, December 5, 2007 at 6:30 p.m. (semester I)
Thursday, May 15, 2008 (semester II)
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