In this paper we introduce bell, a new, small programming language included in the bach package for Max. The main design goals of bell are ease of integration with Max and bach and maximum compatibility with pre-existing syntaxes and conventions bach users are already acquainted to. The language is mainly exposed in Max through a new object named bach.eval, but other, older objects have been updated so as to take advantage of it. In this article, we shall discuss the main choices underlying the development of bell, and give a brief outline of its syntax and the way it integrates within Max.