Mystique for 14 Handbells

[Gav Brown]

I wanted to compose a piece in the Locrian mode, which is IMO is the hardest of all to work in (it is based on the white key scale on the piano beginning with "B," which means the tonic is B-D-F, so hard to resolve to). Since handbells harmonize on a minor third, it kind of works out. Here's a piece in A-Locrian:

Mystique.pdf

http://youtu.be/Ubvl1hcZnN0