5088 London Surprise Major

Layout

23456	M	B	W	H
35426			2
24653	–		–
23564		3	–	3

3 part.

81 crus (12f,69b), 20 5678s (2f,18b), 7 6578s (2f,5b), 88 4-bell runs (34f,54b), 180 5678 combinations (52f,128b), Tittums, Kings.

Music Score = 329

Musical combination	Front	Internal	Back	Count	Score
56s & 65s	4	7	23	34	27
5678s	2	4	18	24	20.00
6578s	2	3	5	10	7.00
Combination roll-ups (crus)	12	21	69	102	81
4578s	2	4	18	24	20.00
4678s	2	3	5	10	7.00
5478s	2	3	5	10	7.00
5678s	2	4	18	24	20.00
6478s	2	4	18	24	20.00
6578s	2	3	5	10	7.00
4-bell runs	34	98	54	186	88
1234s	5	12	2	19	7.00
2345s	4	13	6	23	10.00
3456s	3	10	6	19	9.00
4321s	6	9	4	19	10.00
4567s	3	14	0	17	3.00
5678s	2	4	18	24	20.00
5432s	4	11	12	27	16.00
6543s	4	9	6	19	10.00
7654s	3	8	0	11	3.00
8765s	0	8	0	8	0.00
5-bell runs	10	14	16	40	26
12345s	2	1	1	4	3.00
23456s	2	2	3	7	5.00
34567s	0	3	0	3	0.00
45678s	2	0	5	7	7.00
54321s	1	2	1	4	2.00
65432s	2	1	3	6	5.00
76543s	1	2	3	6	4.00
87654s	0	3	0	3	0.00
6-bell runs	3	3	6	12	9
123456s	1	0	0	1	1.00
234567s	0	1	0	1	0.00
345678s	0	0	2	2	2.00
654321s	1	1	0	2	1.00
765432s	1	0	2	3	3.00
876543s	0	1	2	3	2.00
7-bell runs	2	0	2	4	4
1234567s	1	0	0	1	1.00
2345678s	0	0	1	1	1.00
7654321s	1	0	0	1	1.00
8765432s	0	0	1	1	1.00
Wraps				4	4
Backstroke wraps of Rounds				0	0.00
Backstroke wraps of Queens				0	0.00
Backstroke wraps of Tittums				1	1.00
Backstroke wraps of Backrounds				2	2.00
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)				0	0.00
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)				1	1.00
12354768 (combination near miss)				1	1.00
12435687 (combination near miss)				0	0.00
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	52	226	128	406	35
5678s	2	4	18	24	20.00
5687s	2	2	5	9	0.00
5768s	1	13	3	17	0.00
5786s	2	6	0	8	0.00
5867s	3	24	12	39	0.00
5876s	3	5	0	8	0.00
6578s	2	3	5	10	7.00
6587s	2	5	18	25	0.00
6758s	5	25	18	48	0.00
6785s	6	5	0	11	0.00
6857s	1	12	3	16	0.00
6875s	1	6	0	7	0.00
7568s	2	3	0	5	2.00
7586s	1	7	3	11	0.00
7658s	6	6	0	12	6.00
7685s	5	24	18	47	0.00
7856s	0	9	0	9	0.00
7865s	0	9	5	14	0.00
8567s	3	6	0	9	0.00
8576s	3	23	12	38	0.00
8657s	1	3	0	4	0.00
8675s	1	10	3	14	0.00
8756s	0	8	5	13	0.00
8765s	0	8	0	8	0.00
Combinations from named rows				42	42
1357s (from Queens)				2	2.00
2468s (from Queens)				1	1.00
3468s (from Whittingtons)				1	1.00
3478s (from Hagdyke)				14	14.00
3578s				14	14.00
5768s (from Bowbells)				3	3.00
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)				7	7.00
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)				0	0.00
14327658 (Rollercoaster)				0	0.00
15263748 (Tittums)				1	1.00
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)				1	1.00
75321468 (Princes)				0	0.00
87123456 (Waterfall)				0	0.00
87654321 (Backrounds)				0	0.00
Undesirables				0	0
87s at back				0	0.00

Handbell Positions

Pair	1-2	3-4	5-6	7-8
1-2	159 (100%)	–	–	–
3-4	–	49 (31%)	47 (30%)	63 (40%)
5-6	–	46 (29%)	55 (35%)	58 (36%)
7-8	–	–	–	159 (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

5088

False rows

Complete extents

Partial extents

Applicable leadhead codes

def

Date composed

Default calls

Near

Types of call

14 LE Bob (–)

Related Compositions = 4

Similarity	Related Composition
Identical calling	5088 Uxbridge Surprise Major by James W Washbrook
Identical calling	5088 Rutland Surprise Major by James W Washbrook
Reversed and transposed calling	5088 London Surprise Major by Frederick Dench
Reversed and transposed calling	5088 Alresford Surprise Major by James W Washbrook

Performances

Date	Type	Details
Sat 30 Nov 1968	Rung on towerbells	5088 London Surprise Major by the Oxford Diocesan Guild at St Andrew, Sonning, Berkshire, conducted by Noel J Diserens
Sat 17 Oct 1987	Rung on towerbells	5088 London Surprise Major by the Lancashire Association at St Peter, Alton, Staffordshire, conducted by Geoffrey Fothergill
Sat 10 May 2014	Rung on towerbells	5088 London Surprise Major by the Oxford Diocesan Guild at St Mary the Virgin, Longcot, Oxfordshire, conducted by Timothy G Pett
Sun 17 Apr 2022	Rung on towerbells	5088 Wollondilly Surprise Major by the Australian & New Zealand Association at Cathedral Church of St Saviour, Goulburn, New South Wales, conducted by Christopher D O'Mahony
Sun 4 Feb 2024	Rung on towerbells	5088 London Surprise Major by the Gloucester & Bristol Diocesan Association at St Mark, Swindon, Wiltshire, conducted by Simon W Edwards

References

Collection	Chapter	Page	Reference
A Collection of Compositions in the popular Major Methods	London Surprise Major
A Collection of Universal Compositions	Leadhead groups cf	67	BDKabcdefXYZ
Change Ringing	23	222
KCA Compositions (1967)			8407
KCA Compositions (1968)			8610
KCA Compositions (1983)			10827
RingingOrg (K-O Surprise Major)	London Surprise Major		382
Southwell and Nottingham DG Peal Collection	1966		Tuxford, 27/08/1966, cond William L Exton (rung to Fordham Surprise Major); Balderton, 17/07/1971, cond William L Exton (rung to Immingham Surprise Major); Ruddington, 14/07/1973, cond R Brian Mills (rung to Rutland Surprise Major)
SRCY Compositions (2013)			7487, 7592
SRCY Compositions (2014)			7714
SRCY Compositions (2015)
SRCY Compositions (2020)			8558

Library Details

Library

Public

Notes

Also true to Rutland and Uxbridge.

Composition Id

12052

Created on

Tue 24-May-16 12:36 by David L Thomas

Modified on

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

Published on

Tue 24-May-16 12:38