5120 Bristol Surprise Major

Layout

2345678	M	B	F	V	W	H
25364		–				[–s]¹
26354					s–
2735468				s
4352678			s
23645	–s				s
3425678		–

3 part.

¹ Replace bracketed calls with –M–MsM in part 3.

128 crus (52f,76b), 48 5678s (24f,24b), 48 6578s (24f,24b), 210 4-bell runs (106f,104b), 768 5678 combinations (384f,384b), 48 8765s (24f,24b), Tittums, Backrounds.

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

jlm

Date composed

Default calls

Near

Types of call

1234 LE Single (s)

14 LE Bob (–)

Performances

Date	Type	Details
Mon 31 Dec 2007	First rung on towerbells	5120 Bristol Surprise Major by the Yorkshire Association at St Edmund, Castleton, Derbyshire, conducted by Alan G Reading
Mon 30 Dec 2013	Peal on towerbells	5120 Bristol Surprise Major by the Kent County Association at St James, Sheldwich, Kent, conducted by Philip Rogers
Sat 27 Aug 2016	Peal on towerbells	5120 Bristol Surprise Major by the Oxford Society at 't Klockhuys, Dordrecht, Netherlands, conducted by Simon A Bond