Here are five bell descants written for five favorite Easter hymns. These are flexible and reproducible descants written out both with keyboard accompaniment and with a separate traditional bell score. These descants can be used with congregational singing, choral performances or vocal and instrumental solos. The five hymns are:
*The Strife Is O’er (Victory)
*Jesus Christ Is Risen Today (Easter Hymn)
*Come Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain (St. Kevin)
*The Day of Resurrection (Lancashire)
*Truro (Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates/Christ Is Alive!) (Two versions - key of C and key of D.)
All descants are playable by 13 to 15 bells from a two octave set of handbells, tone chimes, hand chimes, choirchimes, belle plates or chimettes. These descants are at an early intermediate level of playability.