KidzRing!™ is an exciting new series for pre-school through early elementary school aged children, playable on any 8–20 note, or 1–2 octave instruments such as Kidsplay®
Handbells, Belleplates®, Boomwhackers® Musical Tubes, Orff Instruments, handchimes, or handbells. The pieces GROW with your choir’s ability. Multiple arrangements are provided for most of the selections, adding accompaniment patterns that build on the previous arrangement. These patterns are easy enough to learn by rote for pre-schoolers, but interesting and challenging enough for children through at least the 5 th grade who are already note readers. Example: Deck the Halls #1: melody Deck the Halls #2: adds a simple thumb damped descant to the melody Deck the Halls #3: descant is expanded to a treble chordal accompaniment
Practice exercises are included for pieces with multiple arrangements. Ostinato patterns are included to “dress-up” the melody for most of the pieces that only have one arrangement. All of the selections have chords symbols to augment the melody. This gives the pieces greater flexibility, making them highly versatile. 1. Melody 2. Melody with chords 3. Students sing melody (or teacher plays melody on a C instrument) while playing chords 4. Melody with easy “dress-up” (thumb damped chord pattern and optional wrist sleigh bells) 5. Melody with descant (arrangement #2) 6. Melody with treble chordal accompaniment (arrangement #3) KidzRing!™ targets pre-readers through beginning note readers; as a bridge between color coded music and standard beginning handbell literature. This is NOT color-coded music. Children read real notes, use a “bells used chart,” and learn standard bell articulations (shake, thumb damp, marts, mallets, etc.), which prepares them for ringing in a handbell choir as they get older. KidzRing!™ is also great for senior citizen groups, beginning choirs of all ages, or by established choirs to use as “fillers" in church services where a standard piece may be too long. Presented as Duplicating Masters, the buyer is permitted to photocopy the music for their choir only. Order from Jeffers Handbell Supply www.jhsbell.com or directly from 4-Tolled Publishing. |