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Most certainly, there are many fine examples on the most popular video sharing sites. Handbells have been around since 1696. They were originally used by tower ringers to practice changes outside the tower, much to the relief of their closest neighbours. It was not that long before full chromatic sets were produced and handbell choirs (aka ensemble and team) came into being. The most popular bells are the English founded bells, purely for the overtones (harmonics) which are different from US bells and different again from Dutch produced bells. Musical arrangements take full advantage of the overtones of the set they are written for. An ensemble can be 25 bells small or 97 bells large. Competent ringers can hold 4 mid to high range bells at a time whereas lower range bells are normally held in pairs. In small ensembles bells are arranged on a table to be picked, struck and returned by adjacent or opposite players in a technique known as weaving.

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