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Fifty-four bells are suspended next to, above and under each other in the turret room of the 91- meter- high belfry. The heaviest of them all weighs 6200 kilos; the carillon as a whole weighs over 30 tonnes.
The scale of these 54 bells ranges from B flat to fah major, so you can freely use 4 octaves for your personal composition.
Those of you with a sampler at hand will be able to download every note on bimbam.be and compose at home with real carillon sounds.
Each sample has a number. On the image you can see which number corresponds with which note. Click in order to obtain the printable version (pdf).
Please note:
- You can work with quarter notes, eighth notes and sixteenth notes, but not with triplets or with fifths. A quarter note lasts 1/80th of a minute; a sixteenth note exactly 1/320th of a minute. You can use up to 10 bars of 4, so your melody shouldn't last longer than 30 seconds.
- The playing drum of the carillon is not prone to sensitivity when struck, thus all notes sound equally loudly.
- The carillon can play various notes at the same time, though only starting from doh minor.
- Since the carillon drum doesn't generate much power in the beginning, it is advisable that you leave out clusters of low notes at the start of your tune; it is actually best to leave out clusters in the lowest octave altogether.
- It is preferable to work with eighth notes. Never use sixteenth notes with the same bell, only when going from one bell to another.
- It is also favourable not to play low notes immediately after one another because they have a lot of echo.
Any style of music is allowed, but do try to keep your tune simple and recognisable (rhythm, harmony) instead of using too many notes too quickly. The score of the winning tune may also have to be adapted due to technical restrictions of the carillon. This will be done by the carilloneur in accordance with the composer.
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