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Does anyone have a few easy pieces written for the double bell? I'd like to find something for a high school player to demonstrate both bells on. Thanks for any suggestions!

Hi,

There's a contempory piece by Emmanuel Nunes, written for cello and double bell euphonium, but it's VERY VERY VERY difficult!

This is the only piece I know written especially for this instrument

Cordially


Jérémie

In my opinion, Beautiful Colorado lends itself well to the use of alternating bells with the repeating passages.

Variations on Carnival of Venice and Blue Bells of Scotland

BRSousa wrote:Variations on Carnival of Venice and Blue Bells of Scotland

Yeah, I heard a double-bell performance of Carnival once. Even though he was an excellent player, it sounded like a duet for euphonium and duck (quack quack!).

Yeah, I heard a double-bell performance of Carnival once. Even though he was an excellent player, it sounded like a duet for euphonium and duck (quack quack!).

You most likely heard one of the David Werden recordings...he is a great player!

Probably depends on the ability of the HS player, what the setting is, and what you mean by "demonstrate."

When I show my DB in an informational/educational setting, I'll play something like "Old MacDonald" (small bell for "E-I-E-I-O" and the animal sound, large bell for everything else) or an echo song like Frère Jacques or Alouette to illustrate the difference in timbres, then play a theme-and-variation solo like Carnival, Blue Bells, or Beautiful Colorado. (Not that those three are particularly "easy," though, they should be accessible to a HS honors band level player.)

In a concert setting, I'd definitely go with a theme-and-variation solo of some sort. The Fitzgerald arrangement of Harmonious Blacksmith, Dave Werden's arrangement of Variations on Judas Maccabaeus work pretty well, and some of the Salvation Army Classic Series solos are probably a bit more accessible than the solos mentioned up-thread..