BellSteps

Before you start

• Desktop Google Chrome on Linux is the tested environment.
• Extract the complete buyer ZIP and open index.html in desktop Google Chrome on Linux. The original Crossing Lanterns exercise opens immediately. No account, server or network connection is required.
• Four to twelve players, at most one bell per hand and 24 unique sounding pitches from C4 to C7. These are scientific pitch labels and beat charts, not engraved handbell staff notation.

Your first result

1. Open Crossing Lanterns

   Extract the full buyer ZIP and open index.html in desktop Chrome. Inspect the original eight-bar, six-player exercise at 90 BPM.

2. Review the setup

   Check the pitch inventory and each player's left/right bell. Middle C is C4. Review actual availability and physical reach with your players.

3. Write the rhythm

   Use the rhythmic grid and event controls to create quarter or eighth notes. Read the review messages before listening or exporting.

4. Move a bell assignment

   In Bell ownership, move G5 from P4 to P1 and leave its hand set to Left. P1 has no left-hand cues in the example. All seven G5 cues move together. Save and reopen the edited project.

5. Listen to the exercise

   Choose ensemble or a numbered player and start playback. The synthetic guide demonstrates pitches and timing; it does not model a real handbell performance.

6. Save and print

   Save the project JSON, then export the rehearsal ZIP. Open print-pack.html in Chrome to print or save a PDF. Keep the CSV, SVG, MIDI and WAV alongside your editable master.

A worked example

Crossing Lanterns

Input: Eight bars, six players and 35 note onsets at 90 BPM, including eighth notes and two three-note chords.

1. Read the initial player onset counts: 1, 6, 9, 11, 6 and 2.
2. Listen to C5, E5, G5 and E5 on the four beats of bar 1.
3. Move G5 from P4 left to P1’s unused left hand and regenerate the cues.
4. Export again at 60 BPM to compare the longer practice duration.

Expected result: The original 90 BPM guide lasts 24 seconds including its four-beat count-in; at 60 BPM it lasts 36 seconds. Moving G5 changes the player counts to 8, 6, 9, 4, 6 and 2 while retaining the same pitches and timing.

See the working tool

Actual screenshots from the downloadable app. Start with the free example and follow the steps below.

1. Compose the original warm-up

2. Review the narrow layout

Troubleshooting

Compatibility & limits

• Four to twelve players, at most one bell per hand and 24 unique sounding pitches from C4 to C7. These are scientific pitch labels and beat charts, not engraved handbell staff notation.
• One to sixteen bars of 4/4, eighth or quarter durations, 60–180 integer BPM and at most 512 events. Project JSON imports are limited to 250 KB. No score import, tuplets, dynamics or hand-swap planning.
• Audio is a synthetic pitch and timing guide, with a four-beat count-in. Physical reach, technique, realistic bell timbre and rehearsal suitability are unverified.
• PDFs are created using Chrome's print dialog from the exported HTML. Check page breaks and your printer settings before handing out the charts.
• Tested in desktop Chrome on Linux. Save project JSON before closing; other browsers and operating systems are unverified.

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