Tyson-Bellbird-Deskbells

Over the past decade or so, small, multicolored, tuned deskbells have been finding their way into more and more pieces for percussion. Many percussionists have a set of deskbells on the shelf because they needed them for “that one piece” three years ago. So, I decided to write a piece for solo deskbells that could be played by anyone with a box of eight on the shelf.

While it was originally conceived as a desk bell solo, bellbird can also be played on a glockenspiel, or toy piano, or tuned steel pipes, or anything you find that has a magical metallic sound.

- Blake Tyson

Additional Information:

• Number of players: 1
• Difficulty: Intermediate
• Instrumentation: 8 deskbells (C major scale)