Bells & Bikes
Bells & Bikes

Author: Rod Ismay

Publisher: Vertebrate Publishing

Published: 2015-12-01

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 1909461482

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Rod Ismay has a passion (some would say obsession) for the Tour de France. If you think you know someone who is obsessed, think again, but fortunately Rod's issues found their natural home when his native Yorkshire became the host for the 2014 Grand Départ. Rod also has another passion - as well as cycling he is quite keen on bell-ringing, so why not combine the two? Why not get all the bells ringing along the Tour route, why not organise countless events, countless meetings, why not drag in churches far and wide, why not involve your employer, your friends, your family, why not photo-bomb five-time Tour winner Bernard Hinault? Rod threw himself, his King of the Mountains jersey and his endless enthusiasm head first into making this Grand Départ about as good and memorable as it could be. Rod has written with passion about Yorkshire, its people, those two stages of the world's greatest cycle race and the churches, ringing their bells all along the race route. If you like cycling then you will love this book. If you know Yorkshire then you will read this book with pride. If you are thinking of marrying a Tour de France obsessive then you need to read this book first.

Bells and Bellringing
Bells and Bellringing

Author: John Harrison

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2016-03-24

Total Pages: 105

ISBN-13: 1784420891

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Handel called Britain 'The Ringing Isle' because he heard bells ringing everywhere he went. Behind the quintessentially English sound of bells ringing lies a unique way of hanging bells and a special way of ringing them that evolved in the late sixteenth century. Ringing has since developed and spread, with some 6,000 towers worldwide with bells hung in the English style, and most of them in England. Over 40,000 active ringers keep alive the traditions and skills of change ringing that have been handed down over many generations. The book is an introduction to the world of bells and bell-ringing. It explains how bells are made and how a ringing installation works. It explains the nature of change ringing, which has mathematical as well as musical aspects. It provides insights into the ringing community its origins and culture as well as its relationships with the Church and the community.

Bell Ringing
Bell Ringing

Author: Source Wikipedia

Publisher: University-Press.org

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13: 9781230476933

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 38. Chapters: Change ringing, The Nine Tailors, Russian Orthodox bell ringing, List of heaviest bells, Sir Francis Geary, 1st Baronet, Method ringing, Campanology, Henry Burstow, Nottingham University Society of Change Ringers, Church bell, University of London Society of Change Ringers, Sir Arthur Heywood, 3rd Baronet, Grandsire, Oxford University Society of Change Ringers, Ring of bells, Northern Universities Association of Change Ringers, Change ringing software, University of Bristol Society of Change Ringers, Barnwood, Canpano, Society of Royal Cumberland Youths, Friends of Dorothy Society, Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers, Society of Cambridge Youths, Ancient Society of College Youths, John Holt, John Bowtell, Hugh Reginald Haweis, Death knell, Oxford Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers, Bell-ringer, Andrew McNair, Funeral toll, Manchester Universities Guild of Change Ringers, Oxford Society of Change Ringers, Ellacombe apparatus, Southern Universities Association of Change Ringers, Blagovest, Bells on Sunday, Company of Ringers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lincoln, Fabian Stedman, Blue line. Excerpt: Change ringing is the art of ringing a set of tuned bells in a series of mathematical patterns called "changes." It differs from many other forms of campanology (such as carillon ringing) in that no attempt is made to produce a conventional melody. Today, change ringing can be found all over the world, performed in a variety of media; but it remains most popular in the context where, in the 17th century, it developed: English church towers. These typically contain a few large bells rigged to swing freely: a ring of bells. The considerable inertias involved mean that each bell usually requires its own ringer. Thus, contrasted with a carillon, in which a large number of bells are struck by hammers, all tied in to a...

The Music Sound
The Music Sound

Author: Nicolae Sfetcu

Publisher: Nicolae Sfetcu

Published: 2014-05-07

Total Pages: 6042

ISBN-13:

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A guide for music: compositions, events, forms, genres, groups, history, industry, instruments, language, live music, musicians, songs, musicology, techniques, terminology , theory, music video. Music is a human activity which involves structured and audible sounds, which is used for artistic or aesthetic, entertainment, or ceremonial purposes. The traditional or classical European aspects of music often listed are those elements given primacy in European-influenced classical music: melody, harmony, rhythm, tone color/timbre, and form. A more comprehensive list is given by stating the aspects of sound: pitch, timbre, loudness, and duration. Common terms used to discuss particular pieces include melody, which is a succession of notes heard as some sort of unit; chord, which is a simultaneity of notes heard as some sort of unit; chord progression, which is a succession of chords (simultaneity succession); harmony, which is the relationship between two or more pitches; counterpoint, which is the simultaneity and organization of different melodies; and rhythm, which is the organization of the durational aspects of music.