Bellringing and music

The sound of changeringing is familiar to anyone living near a tower where bells are rung in the English style. There are between 5000 - 6000 rings of changeringing bells in England and several other parts of the world. Edgard Varèse, defined music as "organized sound" , which definitely encompasses changeringing. (For a fuller discussion, see the entry in Wikipedia.)

I include a brief overview of ringing music in all my talks to non-ringers, but in October 2008, I was invited to give a talk to the annual meeting of the Southeast Region of Making Music (aka the National Federation of Music Societies) (see what I said about it at the time ). The talk went down very well, and I was subsequently asked to write a series of articles for their Newsletter.

• The music of changeringing –1 

• The music of changeringing – 2 

• The music of changeringing – 3 

• The music of changeringing – 4 

For more information on music in changeringing, see here .

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