Spring 2013 Handbell Training

I was asked to do a training on using handbells for my stake. I'll be working with a small group of children from the stake to perform during the training to show how great it is to use handbells in Primary. We are lucky enough in our stake to have been given a large set of handbells for each building so they are holding this training to encourage their use.

For the demonstration/performance I will have the children sing/play:

The descant of this year's theme "I am a Child of God" found HERE (we colored in the notes to match our bell sets with corresponding letters/numbers as an activity)

A complementary accompaniment (I call "chords") to "Mother, I Love You" found HERE and

Just a little bell accent to "Daddy's Homecoming" found HERE

The idea is to show different ways in which you can use the bells, different formats for creating/printing the sheet music, and how easy it all is.


I also have located and/or created a few other songs we will be giving to each ward so they have a nice little handbell music library to get started:

"A Child's Prayer" (higher "chords") found HERE

"Families Can be Together Forever" (advanced accents, but you can always cut some of the notes to make it easier) found HERE

The melody of "I am a Child of God" found HERE (squares) or HERE (bell shapes)

"My Heavenly Father Loves Me" found HERE and

"Christmas Bells" with descant found HERE


*Please feel free to take and use any of this to benefit your own Primary :)

And in case it is helpful, HERE is a tutorial on how to make your own bell music!

Feel free to share your creations/finds! :D


P.S. You can find out what handbells I use in the Overview HERE