Bell Choir Ensemble

Bell Choir Ensemble

Map of Bell Choir Ensemble

Type

Activity

Region

Wintersday Celebration

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—Speak to a snowman to choose a Stage and Part.
—Position your camera to look directly down on the stage.
—Use the skills assigned to the 1-4 and 6-9 keys to play notes.
—Earn points by playing notes that reach the stage's blue circle and stop moving.
—You'll know you missed a note if you take damage.
—Miss too many notes and you'll need to wait until the next song to play.
—Survive all six songs and get the highest score you can!

— Instructions

Bell Choir Ensemble is a non-combat, music-based activity only available during Wintersday to play Guild Wars-themed songs with Choir Bells.

Getting there

• North-west of The Crown Pavilion in Divinity's Reach, outside the Royal Terrace:
  • Speak with the Bell Maestro
  • Or use the portal on the podium next to him

Mechanics

• There are four stages, each with a lower, middle, and upper sections. Players can talk to the Snowman to travel to other stages and pick which section to play, if available.
  •  Playing Bell Choir Minigame—Lower Part
  •  Playing Bell Choir Minigame—Middle Part
  •  Playing Bell Choir Minigame—Upper Part
• During each song, colored spheres travel across the stage toward you. When the sphere reaches the inner blue ring, activate the correct skill to play along.
  • Each skill is color-coded to match the sphere and section of the stage it travels down.
  • Missing a note will cause you to take damage equal to 7% of your health.
  • Playing a note at the incorrect time will cause you to take damage equal to 5% of your health.
  • Playing a note at the correct time heals you for 10% of your health.
• Hit every note in a song to gain 100 points at the end. Every note you miss will subtract points based on how many total notes are in the song.
  • It is still possible to get a perfect score even if you play a note at the wrong time or play a wrong note, so long as you hit all of the correct notes as well
  • Points do not affect rewards, and are only for bragging rights.
• If you lose all your health, you are thrown off the stage, miss out on points, and do not get any rewards for that song.
• If any players entered the instance or failed their part, there will be a 30-second intermission to allow them to join in.
  • The full 6-song concert is finished about twice as fast if all players stay in their parts throughout.

Songs

1. Prelude to Wintersday—Easy (1)
2. Beyond Hills of Snow—Easy (1)
3. Guild Wars—Medium (1)
4. Flight of the Infinirarium—Medium (1)
5. The Great Toymaker—Hard (1)
6. Fear Not This Night—Hard (1)

Intermission

Speak to a snowman to begin playing (1)

Skills

#	Skill			Description
1	Do			Plays the note Do.
2	Re			Plays the note Re.
3	Me			Plays the note Me.
4	Fa			Plays the note Fa.
5	Locked			You cannot use skills while transformed.
6	Sol			Plays the note Sol.
7	La			Plays the note La.
8	Te			Plays the note Te.
9	Do			Plays the note Do.
0	Exit Stage			Leave the bell choir stage, and forfeit this song. No points will be gained.

Number of Notes per Song

Song	# of Notes in
	Lower Part	Middle Part	Upper Part
Prelude to Wintersday—Easy	17	20	21
Beyond Hills of Snow—Easy	24	28	24
Guild Wars—Medium	17	18	27
Flight of the Infinirarium—Medium	26	32	26
The Great Toymaker—Hard	43	47	50
Fear Not This Night—Hard	24	40	48
Total	151	185	196

Tips

• If you are waiting for a song to start and you are not at full health, you can spam notes to quickly heal yourself before the next song begins. This must be done only when you are waiting for the next round to begin (waiting for other players). If you do this while the song is still playing then you will lose health instead of healing.
• It helps to position your camera so that it faces directly down onto the stage, zoomed as far out as possible. This makes it easier to see the notes before you play them.
• If you're having a hard time with the difficult songs, stick around until the playlist repeats. You'll still be rewarded for completing the easier songs.
• Try playing the number keys like a real keyboard, with one finger on each key. This helps with large leaps between notes.
• Try placing the mouse cursor between notes 4 and 5 on the stage. This will act as a visual separation between your left and right hand.
• To minimize the number of songs needed to play while working on Holiday Musical (Annual) or Ringing the Right Notes, take the following roles per song: Upper, Middle, Upper, Middle, Upper, Upper.
• The sound of the notes being played while participating in the Bell Choir can be muted by turning the "Player Instrument Volume" to the far left hand side in Options.

Rewards

Wintersday Gift (2, 5, 7-8) (guaranteed) (Per song, depending on difficulty)

Per song

• Experience equal to 1% of a character level; 2,540  at level 80
• Karma affected by modifiers and boosters:
  • 1,000 
  • 1 Mote of Candied Karma for each of the first 3 songs completed each day
• Wintersday Gift (2) (guaranteed) (Prelude to Wintersday—Easy)
• Wintersday Gift (2) (guaranteed) (Beyond Hills of Snow—Easy)
• Wintersday Gift (5) (guaranteed) (Guild Wars—Medium)
• Wintersday Gift (5) (guaranteed) (Flight of the Infinirarium—Medium)
• Wintersday Gift (7) (guaranteed) (The Great Toymaker—Hard)
• Wintersday Gift (8) (guaranteed) (Fear Not This Night—Hard)
• Very rare chance at:
  • Enchanted Music Box

Achievements

Current achievements

The following achievements are available:

Achievements
Daily Bonus Rewards: Bell Choir	Wintersday Daily	0
Take part in the Wintersday Bell Choir. Rewards: Tier 1:   Mote of Candied Karma Tier 2:   Mote of Candied Karma Tier 3:   Mote of Candied Karma	1 Join in the Wintersday Bell Choir	0
	2 Join in the Wintersday Bell Choir	0
	3 Join in the Wintersday Bell Choir	0
That Wintersday Ring	Wintersday Daily	0
Take part in the Wintersday Bell Choir.Music for the season. Reward: Personalized Wintersday Gift (3)	Join in the Wintersday Bell Choir	0
(Annual) Holiday Musical	Wintersday Traditions	0
Play the correct notes in Bell Choir Ensemble. Achievement can be completed once per year. Reward: Personalized Wintersday Gift (10)	1000 Correct Notes Played	0
The Bells of Wintersday	Wintersday Traditions	5
Complete songs in Bell Choir Ensemble.Now you're the maestro. Reward: Wintersday Gift (3)	20 Bell Choir Songs Completed	5
Ringing the Right Notes	The Wondrous Workshop of Toymaker Tixx	10
Play the correct notes in Bell Choir Ensemble.Part of the symphony. Reward: Personalized Wintersday Gift (10)	10 Correct Notes Played	1
	100 Correct Notes Played	2
	250 Correct Notes Played	2
	500 Correct Notes Played	5
Sounds of the Season	Winter's Presence	3
Complete songs in the Bell Choir 3 times during Wintersday.Getting the right notes is harder than expected. Reward: Winter Music Score	Completed 1 Bell Choir Song	1
	Completed 2 Bell Choir Songs	1
	Completed 3 Bell Choir Songs	1

Historical

Primary article: Bell Choir Ensemble/Historical rewards

Historical achievements

The following achievements were obtainable during Wintersday 2015:

Achievements
Ringing the Right Notes (Historical)	A Very Merry Wintersday '15	10
Play the correct notes in Bell Choir Ensemble.Part of the symphony. Reward: Personalized Wintersday Gift (10)	10 Correct Notes Played	1
	100 Correct Notes Played	2
	250 Correct Notes Played	2
	500 Correct Notes Played	5
The Bells of Wintersday (Historical)	A Very Merry Wintersday '15	3
Complete songs in Bell Choir Ensemble.Now you're the maestro. Reward: Personalized Wintersday Gift (3)	30 Bell Choir Songs Completed	3

The following achievements were obtainable during Wintersday 2014:

Achievements
Ringing the Right Notes (Historical)	A Very Merry Wintersday '14	10
Play the correct notes in the Bell Choir Ensemble.Part of the symphony. Reward: Giant Wintersday Gift (10)	10 Correct Notes Played	1
	100 Correct Notes Played	2
	250 Correct Notes Played	2
	500 Correct Notes Played	5
The Bells of Wintersday (Historical)	A Very Merry Wintersday '14	3
Complete songs in Bell Choir Ensemble.Now you're the maestro. Reward: Giant Wintersday Gift (3)	30 Bell Choir Songs Completed	3

The following achievements were obtainable during Wintersday 2013:

Achievements
Ringing the Right Notes (Historical)	A Very Merry Wintersday '13	10
Play the correct notes in the Bell Choir Ensemble.Part of the symphony.	10 Correct Notes Played	1
	100 Correct Notes Played	2
	250 Correct Notes Played	2
	500 Correct Notes Played	5
The Bells of Wintersday (Historical)	A Very Merry Wintersday '13	10
Complete songs in Bells Choir Ensemble.Now you're the maestro. Reward: Loot Bag	30 Bell Choir Songs Completed	10

The following achievements were obtainable during Wintersday: The Wondrous Workshop of Toymaker Tixx (2012):

Achievements
Become the Bells (Historical)	A Very Merry Wintersday '12	10
Complete songs in Bell Choir Ensemble.Now you're the maestro.	1 song completed	1
	3 songs completed	2
	5 songs completed	3
	10 songs completed	4
Ring in the Season (Historical)	A Very Merry Wintersday '12	10
Play the correct notes in Bell Choir Ensemble.Part of the symphony.	1 correct note	1
	100 correct notes	2
	250 correct notes	3
	500 correct notes	4

Notes

• The pitches available to each player form a scale in Dorian mode (minor with a raised 6th scale degree) beginning on D. Pressing 1 will play a D, 2 will play an E, 3 is F, 4 is G, 6 is A, 7 is B, 8 is C, and 9 is a D an octave above the first one. The upper, middle, and lower parts each contain the same notes, only an octave apart.
• When there is only one player participating, the game will play the music for the other two parts.

Trivia

• Originally, entering this activity would strip characters of all nutrition bonuses, including ones created by Wintersday items. This was updated for Wintersday 2015.
• This activity draws inspiration from the rhythm gaming genre, specifically from the Guitar Hero franchise — the colors of the lower 5 notes (Do, Re Mi, Fa, Sol) match the 5 note keys in that game (green, red, yellow, blue, orange).
• A Free Play (1) section at the end was removed in 2018 to prevent players from loading into instances that had no playable songs remaining.

See also

• Choir Bell
• Unbreakable Choir Bell

External links

Search YouTube for videos related to Bell Choir Ensemble.

• Choir Bell song list on Reddit, including response from Lena

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Wintersday
Accessed from: Divinity's Reach

Activities	Bell Choir Ensemble Secret Lair of the Snowmen Snowball Mayhem Snowfall Sprint Tixx's Infinirarium Toypocalypse Winter Wonderland
Achievements	Daily  For the Children!  Grawnk Munch  Traditions  The Wondrous Workshop  Winter's Presence (Weekly) Wintersday Festivities • The Goldclaw Holiday Collection
Vendors	Decorations Gift Wrapping Snowflake Trader Weapons Weekly Wintersday Crafting Wintersday Gifts Wintersday Rewards Wintersday Skins
Items	Invitation to Wintersday Rewards and items Gem Store
Other	Drooburt Orphans NPCs and dialogue

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Activities

Daily activities	Crab Toss Sanctum Sprint Southsun Survival Keg Brawl
Historical	Basket Brawl
Festival activities
Lunar New Year	Dragon Ball Arena Celestial Challenge
Festival of the Four Winds	Aspect Arena
Halloween	Lunatic Inquisition Mad King's Clock Tower & Stopped Clock Tower Reaper's Rumble
Wintersday	Bell Choir Ensemble Winter Wonderland Snowball Mayhem Toypocalypse

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Musical instruments

Consumables

Choir Bell

Novelties (Instruments)

Flute • Magnanimous Choir Bell • Marriner's Horn
Musical Bass Guitar • Musical Frame Drum • Musical Harp
Musical Lute • Musical Minstrel • Musical Verdarach
Unbreakable Choir Bell

Novelties (Music boxes)

Duskk's World 1 Super Boom Box • Duskk's World 2 Super Boom Box • Ghiwane's Music Box • Hafez's Music Box
Haunted Gramophone • Khadiri's Music Box
Nightingale's Music Box • Tinari's Music Box
World 1 Super Boom Box • World 2 Super Boom Box
Zephyrites Music Box

Novelties (Chairs)

Black Lion Drum Set Chair • Ornate Grand Piano Chair

Persistent

Pipe Organs • Bell Choir Ensemble