5120 Superlative Surprise Major

Layout

23456	B	M	H
45362	–	2	3

5 part.

66 crus (24f,42b), 20 5678s (6f,14b), 6 6578s (2f,4b), 144 4-bell runs (71f,73b), 250 5678 combinations (120f,130b), 20 8765s (12f,8b), Queens, Backrounds.

Music Score = 419

Musical combination	Front	Internal	Back	Count	Score
56s & 65s	8	19	18	45	26
5678s	6	14	14	34	20.00
6578s	2	5	4	11	6.00
Combination roll-ups (crus)	24	53	42	119	66
4578s	4	6	6	16	10.00
4678s	4	11	6	21	10.00
5478s	4	11	6	21	10.00
5678s	6	14	14	34	20.00
6478s	4	6	6	16	10.00
6578s	2	5	4	11	6.00
4-bell runs	71	125	73	269	144
1234s	5	9	6	20	11.00
2345s	10	13	4	27	14.00
3456s	12	13	10	35	22.00
4321s	8	8	5	21	13.00
4567s	2	14	2	18	4.00
5678s	6	14	14	34	20.00
5432s	6	12	8	26	14.00
6543s	8	13	14	35	22.00
7654s	2	15	2	19	4.00
8765s	12	14	8	34	20.00
5-bell runs	14	21	16	51	30
12345s	2	2	0	4	2.00
23456s	3	1	2	6	5.00
34567s	4	4	0	8	4.00
45678s	0	4	4	8	4.00
54321s	0	1	3	4	3.00
65432s	2	1	2	5	4.00
76543s	0	4	5	9	5.00
87654s	3	4	0	7	3.00
6-bell runs	7	4	6	17	13
123456s	1	0	0	1	1.00
234567s	2	1	0	3	2.00
345678s	2	1	2	5	4.00
654321s	0	0	1	1	1.00
765432s	0	1	1	2	1.00
876543s	2	1	2	5	4.00
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				9	9
12345687 (near miss)				0	0.00
12345768 (near miss)				1	1.00
12346578 (near miss)				0	0.00
12354678 (near miss)				0	0.00
12435678 (near miss)				1	1.00
13245678 (near miss)				1	1.00
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)				1	1.00
21436587 (combination near miss)				1	1.00
5678 combinations	120	238	130	488	64
5678s	6	14	14	34	20.00
5687s	2	4	4	10	0.00
5768s	3	22	6	31	0.00
5786s	6	8	6	20	0.00
5867s	3	5	6	14	0.00
5876s	3	8	2	13	0.00
6578s	2	5	4	11	6.00
6587s	6	15	14	35	0.00
6758s	7	8	4	19	0.00
6785s	3	10	3	16	0.00
6857s	7	24	4	35	0.00
6875s	6	7	4	17	0.00
7568s	6	2	6	14	12.00
7586s	3	22	6	31	0.00
7658s	3	4	3	10	6.00
7685s	7	7	4	18	0.00
7856s	12	16	8	36	0.00
7865s	2	4	4	10	0.00
8567s	3	4	2	9	0.00
8576s	3	5	6	14	0.00
8657s	6	2	4	12	0.00
8675s	7	23	4	34	0.00
8756s	2	5	4	11	0.00
8765s	12	14	8	34	20.00
Combinations from named rows				52	52
1357s (from Queens)				0	0.00
2468s (from Queens)				2	2.00
3468s (from Whittingtons)				0	0.00
3478s (from Hagdyke)				4	4.00
3578s				14	14.00
5768s (from Bowbells)				6	6.00
7468s (from Princesses)				2	2.00
7568s (from Burdette)				6	6.00
7658s (from Rollercoaster)				3	3.00
8765s (Esso-Blues)				8	8.00
x5x6x7x8s (from Tittums)				7	7.00
Named Rows				6	6
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)				1	1.00
45362718 (Exploded Tittums)				1	1.00
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	160 (100%)	–	–	–
3-4	–	38 (24%)	46 (29%)	76 (48%)
5-6	–	38 (24%)	46 (29%)	76 (48%)
7-8	–	–	–	160 (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

5120

False rows

Complete extents

Partial extents

Applicable leadhead codes

abd

Date composed

Default calls

Near

Types of call

14 LE Bob (–)

Related Compositions = 1

Similarity	Related Composition
Reversed and transposed calling	5120 Superlative Surprise Major by Nathan J Pitstow and Frederick H Dexter

Performances

Date	Type	Details
Thu 31 Aug 2023	Rung on towerbells	5120 Superlative Surprise Major by the St Blaise Society at St Blaise, Milton, Oxfordshire, conducted by Euan R M Thomas

References

Collection	Chapter	Page	Reference
Surprise Major: Peal Compositions for Aspiring Conductors
The Surprise Peals by Jasper W. Snowden	Peals of Superlative Surprise	177	Five-part peals

Library Details

Library

Public

Notes

From The Bell News and Ringers' Record, Volume 4 No., 179 September 5 1885 p.177. The reverse of this peal was also published under Pitstow's name. Available as #c14094

Composition Id

47925

Created on

Fri 01-Mar-19 13:16 by Andrew Johnson

Modified on

Tue 30-Jan-24 00:02 by Composition Analyser

Published on

Fri 01-Mar-19 13:19