5152 Superlative Surprise Major

Layout

Composed by John Cox

23456	M	W	H
54632	–	–	[3]¹
64235	–		[3]¹
24536	–		3

3 part.

¹ Omit in part 1.

74 crus (28f,46b), 6 5678s (0f,6b), 16 6578s (8f,8b), 100 4-bell runs (50f,50b), 224 5678 combinations (112f,112b), 6 8765s (6f,0b), Queens, Backrounds.

Music Score = 343

Musical combination	Front	Internal	Back	Count	Score
56s & 65s	8	20	14	42	22
5678s	0	9	6	15	6.00
6578s	8	11	8	27	16.00
Combination roll-ups (crus)	28	58	46	132	74
4578s	4	9	4	17	8.00
4678s	2	9	8	19	10.00
5478s	6	13	12	31	18.00
5678s	0	9	6	15	6.00
6478s	8	7	8	23	16.00
6578s	8	11	8	27	16.00
4-bell runs	50	104	50	204	100
1234s	4	9	4	17	8.00
2345s	10	9	8	27	18.00
3456s	8	12	8	28	16.00
4321s	4	9	4	17	8.00
4567s	2	13	0	15	2.00
5678s	0	9	6	15	6.00
5432s	8	9	10	27	18.00
6543s	8	12	8	28	16.00
7654s	0	13	2	15	2.00
8765s	6	9	0	15	6.00
5-bell runs	13	20	13	46	26
12345s	2	1	2	5	4.00
23456s	3	1	1	5	4.00
34567s	3	5	0	8	3.00
45678s	0	3	2	5	2.00
54321s	2	1	2	5	4.00
65432s	1	1	3	5	4.00
76543s	0	5	3	8	3.00
87654s	2	3	0	5	2.00
6-bell runs	6	4	6	16	12
123456s	1	0	0	1	1.00
234567s	2	1	0	3	2.00
345678s	1	1	2	4	3.00
654321s	0	0	1	1	1.00
765432s	0	1	2	3	2.00
876543s	2	1	1	4	3.00
7-bell runs	3	0	3	6	6
1234567s	1	0	0	1	1.00
2345678s	1	0	1	2	2.00
7654321s	0	0	1	1	1.00
8765432s	1	0	1	2	2.00
Wraps				3	3
Backstroke wraps of Rounds				1	1.00
Backstroke wraps of Queens				0	0.00
Backstroke wraps of Tittums				0	0.00
Backstroke wraps of Backrounds				1	1.00
Handstroke wraps of Rounds				0	0.00
Handstroke wraps of Queens				0	0.00
Handstroke wraps of Tittums				0	0.00
Handstroke wraps of Backrounds				1	1.00
Combination near misses				7	7
12345687 (near miss)				0	0.00
12345768 (near miss)				1	1.00
12346578 (near miss)				1	1.00
12354678 (near miss)				0	0.00
12435678 (near miss)				0	0.00
13245678 (near miss)				0	0.00
21345678 (near miss)				1	1.00
12346587 (combination near miss)				0	0.00
12354768 (combination near miss)				0	0.00
12435687 (combination near miss)				1	1.00
12436578 (combination near miss)				0	0.00
12436587 (combination near miss)				1	1.00
13245768 (combination near miss)				0	0.00
13254768 (combination near miss)				1	1.00
21345687 (combination near miss)				0	0.00
21346587 (combination near miss)				0	0.00
21436587 (combination near miss)				1	1.00
5678 combinations	112	228	112	452	46
5678s	0	9	6	15	6.00
5687s	8	11	8	27	0.00
5768s	4	17	4	25	0.00
5786s	6	14	6	26	0.00
5867s	4	9	4	17	0.00
5876s	3	3	3	9	0.00
6578s	8	11	8	27	16.00
6587s	0	10	6	16	0.00
6758s	4	9	4	17	0.00
6785s	3	3	3	9	0.00
6857s	4	17	4	25	0.00
6875s	6	14	6	26	0.00
7568s	6	4	6	16	12.00
7586s	4	17	4	25	0.00
7658s	3	0	3	6	6.00
7685s	4	9	4	17	0.00
7856s	6	10	0	16	0.00
7865s	8	11	8	27	0.00
8567s	3	0	3	6	0.00
8576s	4	9	4	17	0.00
8657s	6	4	6	16	0.00
8675s	4	17	4	25	0.00
8756s	8	11	8	27	0.00
8765s	6	9	0	15	6.00
Combinations from named rows				43	43
1357s (from Queens)				2	2.00
2468s (from Queens)				2	2.00
3468s (from Whittingtons)				1	1.00
3478s (from Hagdyke)				4	4.00
3578s				10	10.00
5768s (from Bowbells)				4	4.00
7468s (from Princesses)				6	6.00
7568s (from Burdette)				6	6.00
7658s (from Rollercoaster)				3	3.00
8765s (Esso-Blues)				0	0.00
x5x6x7x8s (from Tittums)				5	5.00
Named Rows				4	4
12345678 (Rounds)				1	1.00
12563478 (Hagdyke)				0	0.00
12753468 (Whittingtons)				0	0.00
13245768 (Bowbells)				0	0.00
13254768 (Priory/The Intermediate)				1	1.00
13527468 (Princesses)				0	0.00
13572468 (Queens)				1	1.00
14327658 (Rollercoaster)				0	0.00
15263748 (Tittums)				0	0.00
16745238 (Jacks)				0	0.00
17652438 (St Michael's)				0	0.00
17654328 (Jokers)				0	0.00
31247568 (Burdette)				0	0.00
43215678 (See-saw)				0	0.00
56781234 (Saw-see)				0	0.00
45362718 (Exploded Tittums)				0	0.00
65432178 (Reverse Waterfall)				0	0.00
75312468 (Kings)				0	0.00
75321468 (Princes)				0	0.00
87123456 (Waterfall)				0	0.00
87654321 (Backrounds)				1	1.00
Undesirables				0	0
87s at back				0	0.00

Handbell Positions

Pair	1-2	3-4	5-6	7-8
1-2	161 (100%)	–	–	–
3-4	–	42 (26%)	49 (30%)	70 (43%)
5-6	–	49 (30%)	49 (30%)	63 (39%)
7-8	–	–	–	161 (100%)

Properties

Structure

Backstroke start
Mid lead start
Mid lead finish
Variable hunt
Variable cover

Methods

Spliced
ATW
Mixed stage
Change every lead
Every lead different
Jump method

Calls

Standard calls
Twin bob
Jump calls
No calls
Tenors together
Strictly tenors together
Multipart calling

Changes

Adjacent changes
Identity changes
Jump changes
Tenors reversed
Palindromic
Exact multipart

Truth

True
Round block
Single extent block
Multi-extent block
Repetition between calls
Internal rounds

Number of parts

Number of methods

Changes of method

Stage

Major

True rows

5152

False rows

Complete extents

Partial extents

Applicable leadhead codes

bcf

Date composed

Default calls

Near

Types of call

14 LE Bob (–)

Performances

Date	Type	Details
Tue 6 Nov 1877	First rung on towerbells	5152 Superlative Surprise Major by the Society of Royal Cumberland Youths at Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Redenhall, Norfolk, conducted by Benjamin Smith

References

Collection	Chapter	Page	Reference
The Surprise Peals by Jasper W. Snowden	Peals of Superlative Surprise	185	Three-part peals

Library Details

Library

Public

Notes

From The Bell News and Ringers' Record, Volume 4 No. 180, September 5 1885 p.185.

Composition Id

103184

Created on

Mon 31-Oct-22 08:21 by Andrew Johnson

Modified on

Tue 30-Jan-24 17:48 by Composition Analyser

Published on

Mon 31-Oct-22 08:21