12 Toners System Book 13: New Horizons

The 12 Toners System is a series of books suitable for tone chimes or handbells. It's unique adaptive notation system is designed for players of any age, regardless of their ability to read music. The "12 Toners" title refers to the numbering system, which uses 12 numbered notes to make a chromatic octave. If additional tone chimes are available, the numbers can be extended up or down to include more ringers. Several different color and/ or number coding systems are presented, to make successful ringing possible for everyone regardless of if they read music. Choose to play chords as you sing the song, play a simple melody line along with the song, or combine the melody with chords for more advanced groups. Permission is granted to the purchaser to make transparencies or charts of the songs from the book.

Songs in Book 13: New Horizons are chosen for their simplicity, using only 8 or fewer notes and simple harmonies. These are particularly well suited for introductory sessions as they are familiar and quickly learned. The 4 Mystery Songs have the melody numbers written out without the song title or staff notation.

Contents

• How to Begin Using the 12 Toners System
• How do Ringers Begin?
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Color and Number Chart
• Chords Used in this Book
• SONGS
• Shall We Gather at the River
• Mystery Song #1
• Clementine
• Mystery Song #2
• For He's a Jolly Good Fellow
• Reuben and Rachel
• Today Is Monday
• Bingo
• It Ain't Gonna Rain No More
• Little Brown Jug
• Mystery Tune #3
• My Lord, What a Mornin'
• Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee
• Jacob's Ladder
• Oh How Lovely Is the Evening
• Theme from Finlandia
• Good Night, Ladies!
• Mystery Song #4
• List of Other Books Available in 12 Toners System