Melksham Surprise Major

Blue Line
Properties
Changes
  • Adjacent
  • Identity
  • Jump
  • Static
  • Dynamic
Hunt bells
  • Principle
  • Hunter
    • One
    • Multiple
    • All
Working bell cycles
  • Monocyclic
  • Isocyclic
  • Differential
Hunter classes
  • Plain
    • Place
    • Bob
    • Single
  • Treble Dodging
    • Treble Bob
    • Delight
    • Surprise
  • Alliance
  • Treble Place
  • Hybrid
  • Little
Symmetry
  • Asymmetric
  • Palindromic
  • Double
  • Rotational
  • Offset
Leadheads
  • Plain Bob
  • Grandsire
  • Original
  • Cyclic
  • Rounds
Course properties
  • True plain course
  • True leads
  • Right place
  • Uneven parity
  • Layered
Place notation
-58-14.56-56.1238-14-38-16-18,12
Leadhead
f 14263857
Divisions
None
Default calls
Near
Method above
Melksham Surprise Major
Method below
Melksham Surprise Major
FCH Groups
BOce
Accepted extension path
Compositions designed for this method
None
Leads in course
7
Lead length
32
Plain course length
224
Hunt bells
1
Working bells
7
Stationary bells
0
Maximum blows in one place
2
Related Methods (one inferior extension candidate has been excluded)
Trivial Variations (1)
Method Place Notation
Wordsworth Surprise Major -58-14-12-38-14-38-16-18,12
Performances
Date Type Details
Sat 21 Jan 1967 First inclusion in a peal on towerbells 5120 Spliced Surprise Major (160m) by the Bath & Wells Diocesan Association at St Mary the Virgin, Yatton, Somerset, conducted by Anthony R Peake
Sat 10 Sept 1983 First peal on towerbells Melksham Surprise Major at Melksham by the Salisbury Diocesan Guild at Melksham
References
Collection Chapter Page Reference
Ringing World (1967) 101
Ringing World (1983) 840
Library Details
Library
CCCBR
Notes
Method Id
18580
Created on
Thu 17-May-12 19:32 by Method Importer
Modified on
Sat 21-Sept-24 12:19 by Method Analyser
Published on
Thu 17-May-12 19:32