Analyses of Acoustic Characteristics of English Handbells

Abstract

In recent years, English handbells become popular instruments. However, its characteristics are not really investigated. So, we studied the characteristics of Malmark Handbell, Schulmerich Handbell and handbell-like instruments such as choir chimes and Music-bell by analyzing the power spectra and spectrograms. As a result, some acoustic differences among the instruments made cleared. In this paper, after brief introductions to English handbells and handbell-like instruments, its acoustic characteristics and differences are discussed.