Re: handbell shake

[Aaron Hill]

On 2018-05-30 15:40, Thomas Morley wrote:
> I don't know anything about handbell choir music and which special
> notation-features may be needed.
> Are there any images you could link to?

Thomas,

For your (or anyone else's) reference, here is a site that summarizes 
standard American handbell notation:

https://www.handbellworld.com/music/HandbellNotation.cfm

Shaking is almost always denoted with `Sk`, but often that notation is 
accompanied with a wavy line as well.  (The wavy line is similar to the 
arpeggio marking but horizontal.)  Usually the wavy line is only 
necessary if there are other non-shaken notes in the measure and the 
duration of the shake is not otherwise clear.  Also, I have seen music 
where you have layers of shaken bells all starting and ending at 
different points.  Again, the wavy line can help make things clearer for 
ringers.

The skake line is strictly horizontal and would extend for the duration 
of the note, so it not attached to anything on the right end.  It would 
be similar to the *laissez vibrer*--a tie with no target.

-- Aaron Hill