1312 Bristol Surprise Major

Layout

23456	M	B	W	H
35264		–
34625	2	3	2
23456		–		2

37 crus (6f,31b), 12 5678s (0f,12b), 16 6578s (4f,12b), 46 4-bell runs (22f,24b), 192 5678 combinations (48f,144b), 4 8765s (4f,0b), Backrounds.

Music Score = 201

Musical combination	Front	Internal	Back	Count	Score
56s & 65s	4	5	24	33	28
5678s	0	3	12	15	12.00
6578s	4	2	12	18	16.00
Combination roll-ups (crus)	6	12	31	49	37
4578s	0	2	0	2	0.00
4678s	1	2	0	3	1.00
5478s	1	2	3	6	4.00
5678s	0	3	12	15	12.00
6478s	0	1	4	5	4.00
6578s	4	2	12	18	16.00
4-bell runs	22	31	24	77	46
1234s	6	2	0	8	6.00
2345s	6	2	0	8	6.00
3456s	0	4	0	4	0.00
4321s	6	2	4	12	10.00
4567s	0	6	0	6	0.00
5678s	0	3	12	15	12.00
5432s	0	2	8	10	8.00
6543s	0	4	0	4	0.00
7654s	0	5	0	5	0.00
8765s	4	1	0	5	4.00
5-bell runs	5	10	8	23	13
12345s	2	0	0	2	2.00
23456s	2	1	0	3	2.00
34567s	0	3	0	3	0.00
45678s	0	1	3	4	3.00
54321s	0	0	2	2	2.00
65432s	0	1	3	4	3.00
76543s	0	3	0	3	0.00
87654s	1	1	0	2	1.00
6-bell runs	3	4	5	12	8
123456s	1	0	0	1	1.00
234567s	1	1	0	2	1.00
345678s	0	1	2	3	2.00
654321s	0	0	1	1	1.00
765432s	0	1	2	3	2.00
876543s	1	1	0	2	1.00
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				1	1
Backstroke wraps of Rounds				0	0.00
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				0	0.00
Combination near misses				6	6
12345687 (near miss)				0	0.00
12345768 (near miss)				0	0.00
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)				1	1.00
13254768 (combination near miss)				0	0.00
21345687 (combination near miss)				0	0.00
21346587 (combination near miss)				0	0.00
21436587 (combination near miss)				1	1.00
5678 combinations	48	76	144	268	32
5678s	0	3	12	15	12.00
5687s	4	2	12	18	0.00
5768s	1	1	9	11	0.00
5786s	0	0	0	0	0.00
5867s	4	12	12	28	0.00
5876s	0	2	0	2	0.00
6578s	4	2	12	18	16.00
6587s	0	3	12	15	0.00
6758s	4	12	12	28	0.00
6785s	0	2	0	2	0.00
6857s	1	1	9	11	0.00
6875s	0	0	0	0	0.00
7568s	0	0	0	0	0.00
7586s	3	1	3	7	0.00
7658s	0	2	0	2	0.00
7685s	4	12	12	28	0.00
7856s	4	1	0	5	0.00
7865s	4	2	12	18	0.00
8567s	0	2	0	2	0.00
8576s	4	12	12	28	0.00
8657s	0	0	0	0	0.00
8675s	3	1	3	7	0.00
8756s	4	2	12	18	0.00
8765s	4	1	0	5	4.00
Combinations from named rows				20	20
1357s (from Queens)				2	2.00
2468s (from Queens)				0	0.00
3468s (from Whittingtons)				1	1.00
3478s (from Hagdyke)				4	4.00
3578s				0	0.00
5768s (from Bowbells)				9	9.00
7468s (from Princesses)				0	0.00
7568s (from Burdette)				0	0.00
7658s (from Rollercoaster)				0	0.00
8765s (Esso-Blues)				0	0.00
x5x6x7x8s (from Tittums)				4	4.00
Named Rows				4	4
12345678 (Rounds)				1	1.00
12563478 (Hagdyke)				0	0.00
12753468 (Whittingtons)				0	0.00
13245768 (Bowbells)				1	1.00
13254768 (Priory/The Intermediate)				0	0.00
13527468 (Princesses)				0	0.00
13572468 (Queens)				0	0.00
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)				1	1.00
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	41 (100%)	–	–	–
3-4	–	10 (24%)	7 (17%)	24 (59%)
5-6	–	–	9 (22%)	32 (78%)
7-8	–	–	–	41 (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

1312

False rows

Complete extents

Partial extents

Applicable leadhead codes

abcdefghjklmp

Date composed

Default calls

Near

Types of call

14 LE Bob (–)

Related Compositions = 4

Similarity	Related Composition
Identical calling	1312 Kent Treble Bob Major
Rotated calling	1312 Kent Treble Bob Major
Rotated calling	1312 Oxford Treble Bob Major
Rotated calling	1312 Kent Treble Bob Major

Performances

Date	Type	Details
Mon 17 Feb 2020	QuarterPeal on handbells	1312 Bristol Surprise Major at MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA, conducted by Austin J Paul
Sun 3 Jul 2022	QuarterPeal on handbells	1312 Bristol Surprise Major by the North American Guild at Dracut, MA, USA, conducted by Austin J Paul
Sat 16 Nov 2024	QuarterPeal on towerbells	1312 Bristol Surprise Major by the Southwell and Nottingham Diocesan Guild at St John Div, Colston Bassett, Nottinghamshire, conducted by Emily E Hall

References

Collection	Chapter	Reference
Change-Ringing on Handbells (Favourite Compositions)	Major Quarters	Quite a lot of coursing for 3-4 and 5-6. Also true to Kent and Oxford.
Change-Ringing on Handbells (Volume 2: Advanced Techniques)	11
L&MDACBR handbells
RingingOrg (A-E Surprise Major)	Bristol Surprise Major	4840

Library Details

Library

Public

Notes

Composition Id

10863

Created on

Sat 26-Mar-16 10:08 by Simon J Gay

Modified on

Mon 29-Jan-24 23:49 by Composition Analyser

Published on

Sat 26-Mar-16 10:08