Playing music upside down

If you're playing bells, you've probably heard this piece of advice before: play upside down. But what does that mean, why should you do it, and should you ever literally hang upside down from inside a bell? Let's find out.
Chapters:
0:00 Playing upside down
0:38 Big bells vs. small bells
1:18 Treble melodies
1:50 Dutch vs. English bells
2:59 Tenor & bass melodies
3:28 Example: Arranging Coldplay Sky Full of Stars
4:19 Reading music flipped
4:38 Another Coldplay Example
5:01 When NOT to flip upside down
5:50 Combining right side up with upside down
6:06 Example: Smile, Charlie Chaplin
6:25 Example: Hallelujah, Leonard Cohen
6:40 Examples: Disney songs
7:24 Arranging folk songs upside down: Milford Mhyre, Sally Slade Warner
8:18 Composing upside down: Ronald Barnes
8:43 Conclusion

[@Pianified1]

Instructions unclear, got stuck under my grand piano..
For real though, another very insightful video. I'm enjoying your channel a lot. Thank you!

[@RealBradMiller]

Instructions unclear: I've accidentally opened a portal to another dimension and this weird flower faced creature has come through and now a little boy has gone missing after a night of D&D with his friends.

[@jayshulamith3032]

Thank you so much for sharing your passion for this, I love learning more about things I l don't know anything about!

[@mumiemonstret]

That's some flexing, hanging from your instrument like that! I'd like to see other instrumentalists try that.

[@campanaro_99]

Your work on this channel is great, spreading the word about bells and their unknown complexities.
Have you heard about the unesco call to make hand rung bells a world hermitage? Many bell ringer associations in Italy are thrilled about this since in our country bell ringing is very diverse and goes back many centuries.
For example go take a look at "allegrezza per campane", rung on the Ambrosiano bells.
What a great video and channel, keep this running!

[@danielmkubacki]

No more haging upside down from a bell calper. Interresting video. You play so good.

[@cathykopecky8083]

Very interesting video. Thank you for sharing. I admit I like the melody in the tenor bells, as to me it sounds so much richer. I didn't realize those clapper mechanisms were as strong as they are. I'm glad they are that strong otherwise we might be watching your concussion protocol video! 😊

[@Michael-rj1yr]

Can you play Westminster chimes place

[@maximilianschmidt6786]

It's really super interesting to see how differently you have to approach things on a carillon to make it work well with the bells. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us! I first saw you in Rob Scallon's video and have been following you ever since because I find the topic very exciting and, as far as I know, there is nothing like it here in Germany. All the bell towers I know only play automatic, simple melodies, if at all. Some even just swing freely, which is really super boring compared to your art, to be honest. But what I wanted to ask is, do you only ever play on one carillon and have you changed your workplace, so to speak, since Rob's video, or do you play in several places, like at Rockefeller chapel for example, depending on what comes up?

[@joeybrinkbells]

That's a very timely question! I just arrived in Berlin, Germany yesterday. I'm playing a concert at Parochialkirche in Berlin at 15:00 today. My full schedule is on my website here: www.joeybrink.com/calendar

[@joeybrinkbells]

But generally, yes, a carillonist usually has one (or more) appointments at a specific tower that they play regularly. We do travel in the summers though to play at festivals and concert tours on each other's towers!

[@maximilianschmidt6786]

​@@joeybrinkbells Oh, that's cool, thanks for the tip! Unfortunately I didn't make it to Berlin, as I live quasi at the other end of Germany near Cologne, but maybe I can make it to one of the next gigs in Belgium or the Netherlands, as I'm a bit closer to both of these. In any case, I'll keep an eye on your schedule, I'd really love to hear you play live!

[@maximilianschmidt6786]

I've just been reading up and found out that there are actually a few carillons in Cologne and the surrounding area. 5 of the 49 in the whole of Germany are located here, I actually didn't know that, maybe because these also only play automatically most of the time. But you never stop learning I guess. If you ever play one of these, I'll definitely come by, that's for sure!

[@LandoVr0527]

Hey do you know where I can buy tickets to the tour of the bell tower in Chicago. I wanna go there or here so bad 🙏❤

[@joeybrinkbells]

no tickets required usually. I'm not there anymore but you can check their website or give Rockefeller Chapel a call to ask about tours

[@ToysRUsLand]

are you the only one that plays the church?