BellSteps · Local browser tool 1.0.0 · Chrome on Linux
One warm-up. A clear cue for every player.
Compose a short original handbell exercise, assign each bell to a player and hand, then export matching charts and practice audio.
You write short original handbell warm-ups and want ensemble and player cues to stay tied to the same editable exercise.
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Try the original example before buying
The free pack contains an original six-player exercise and static rehearsal outputs. The paid ZIP adds the editor for your own exercises and assignments.
- Write a short original exercise: Work with sounding pitches and clear eighth-note beat positions.
- Keep each player's cues together: Assign a bell once and regenerate the corresponding charts.
- Share a matching rehearsal pack: Export print pages, a note ledger and synthetic practice files.
What it helps you do
For directors writing original 4/4 warm-ups for four to twelve numbered players. Edit sounding pitches on a beat grid, keep fixed bell assignments and review each player's cues.
What is in your download
- Offline original-exercise editor
- Fixed bell-to-player and hand assignments
- Ensemble and selected-player listening
- Printable HTML pack, SVG charts/cards and CSV ledger
- Editable project JSON, practice MIDI and synthetic PCM WAV
- Original Crossing Lanterns example and illustrated English manual
A practical example
Crossing Lanterns
Start with
Eight bars, six players and 35 note onsets at 90 BPM, including eighth notes and two three-note chords.
Get this 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.
Free Crossing Lanterns exercise, player charts and practice files
Examples use fictional or synthetic data. Follow this example step by step.
See the working tool
Actual screenshots from the downloadable app. Start with the free example and follow the steps below.
Compose the original warm-up
Crossing Lanterns in the running BellSteps editor. View full size Review the narrow layout
The running editor at a 390-pixel viewport. View full size
How it works
Set the bells and players
Enter the available sounding pitches and fixed hand assignments.
Compose and listen
Edit the rhythm and review the ensemble or one player's cues.
Export the rehearsal pack
Save the project and print the generated charts.
Before you buy
- 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.
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.
Get BellSteps
Perpetual use of the purchased version on your devices for personal or internal commercial work. Keep reasonable backups and modify your own copy; do not redistribute or resell original proprietary code. Third-party licenses and any existing preview permissions retain their rights.
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