In my 20+ years of playing, conducting, and composing for handbells, I've never heard of separating individual parts. A set of handbells is considered one instrument and the players need to see the...
I worked with MakeMusic's tech support and we got it figured out. Apparently the new versions of Garritan and Aria that come with Finale 25 do not bring in proper playback from files created in pre...
You're right, Mike. That's a great idea. Thank you.
In a related question, why do none of the handbell techniques play as written? Martellato, malleting, echoes, these all used to playback the way the instrument sounds. But now they're all just play...
It's a little off topic, but handbells usually do play the notes that are written, unless they're totally beginners. YouTube is FULL of videos of excellent handbell choirs from all over the world t...