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A handbell is a bell designed to be rung by hand. To ring a handbell, a ringer grasps the bell by its slightly flexible handle – traditionally made of leather, but often now made of plastic – and moves the arm to make the hinged clapper strike the inside of the bell.
Handbell ensembles will frequently have a collection of handchimes to use along with their handbells. [2] Handchimes are also used in classrooms to teach music. [5] Handchimes are proven to be helpful with teaching music theory and the responsibilities of playing an instrument to young children. It promotes teamwork among the students.
A carillon, which is a musical instrument consisting of at least 23 cast bronze cup-shaped bells, is tuned so that the bells can be played serially to produce a melody, or sounded together to play a chord. A traditional carillon is played by striking a baton keyboard with the fists, and by pressing the keys of a pedal keyboard with the feet.
A chime (/ ˈ t ʃ aɪ m /) or set of chimes is a carillon-like instrument, i.e. a pitched percussion instrument consisting of 22 or fewer bells. Chimes are primarily played with a keyboard, but can also be played with an Ellacombe apparatus. Chimes are often automated, in the past with mechanical drums connected to clocks and in the present ...
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Egyptian naqus. Not the handbell type, this bowl-shaped bell sits on a vertical support, like a lampshade. In addition to the tonewoods, the small bells that have come down to us from ancient Egyptian times and that Copts used in worship in Egypt are also called nāqūs. The oldest bells are known from the New Kingdom. The Christian Copts took ...
The history of musical instruments dates to the beginnings of human culture. ... idiophones such as handbells, cymbals, and peculiar instruments resembling gongs came ...
Much experimentation with composition has existed throughout history; the bells of Henry II had nearly twice as much copper as tin, while much earlier Assyrian bronze bells had ten times the amount of copper to tin. [12] The recognized best composition for bell metal though is a ratio of approximately 80 per cent copper and 20 per cent tin. [13]