5504 (5152, 5056) Cambridge Surprise Major

Layout

Composed by Charles Middleton and James S Wilde

2345678	B	M	W	F	I	H
35264	–					3
(23456)				–	–
64352		–				–
56342			–			3
64523		2	2			3
42635		2	2			3
2345678		2	2	3		3

89 crus (29f,60b), 26 5678s (8f,18b), 6 6578s (3f,3b), 137 4-bell runs (47f,90b), 202 5678 combinations (80f,122b), Tittums.

Music Score = 419

Musical combination	Front	Internal	Back	Count	Score
56s & 65s	11	9	21	41	32
5678s	8	6	18	32	26.00
6578s	3	3	3	9	6.00
Combination roll-ups (crus)	29	27	60	116	89
4578s	4	5	14	23	18.00
4678s	0	2	4	6	4.00
5478s	6	3	3	12	9.00
5678s	8	6	18	32	26.00
6478s	8	8	18	34	26.00
6578s	3	3	3	9	6.00
4-bell runs	47	132	90	269	137
1234s	7	15	2	24	9.00
2345s	4	17	12	33	16.00
3456s	2	16	12	30	14.00
4321s	9	10	4	23	13.00
4567s	5	13	10	28	15.00
5678s	8	6	18	32	26.00
5432s	4	12	18	34	22.00
6543s	4	15	10	29	14.00
7654s	4	14	4	22	8.00
8765s	0	14	0	14	0.00
5-bell runs	13	25	23	61	36
12345s	3	1	2	6	5.00
23456s	2	4	3	9	5.00
34567s	1	4	4	9	5.00
45678s	2	2	5	9	7.00
54321s	1	2	1	4	2.00
65432s	2	2	5	9	7.00
76543s	2	5	3	10	5.00
87654s	0	5	0	5	0.00
6-bell runs	3	5	8	16	11
123456s	1	1	0	2	1.00
234567s	0	1	2	3	2.00
345678s	0	0	2	2	2.00
654321s	1	1	0	2	1.00
765432s	1	0	2	3	3.00
876543s	0	2	2	4	2.00
7-bell runs	2	0	3	5	5
1234567s	1	0	1	2	2.00
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				1	1.00
Backstroke wraps of Queens				0	0.00
Backstroke wraps of Tittums				0	0.00
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				8	8
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)				0	0.00
21345687 (combination near miss)				0	0.00
21346587 (combination near miss)				1	1.00
21436587 (combination near miss)				1	1.00
5678 combinations	80	232	122	434	51
5678s	8	6	18	32	26.00
5687s	3	3	3	9	0.00
5768s	2	10	3	15	0.00
5786s	3	11	6	20	0.00
5867s	2	19	6	27	0.00
5876s	7	3	2	12	0.00
6578s	3	3	3	9	6.00
6587s	8	7	18	33	0.00
6758s	1	20	12	33	0.00
6785s	9	2	1	12	0.00
6857s	2	12	3	17	0.00
6875s	3	10	4	17	0.00
7568s	3	8	6	17	9.00
7586s	2	6	3	11	0.00
7658s	9	5	1	15	10.00
7685s	1	19	12	32	0.00
7856s	0	14	0	14	0.00
7865s	0	11	3	14	0.00
8567s	7	6	2	15	0.00
8576s	2	17	6	25	0.00
8657s	3	7	4	14	0.00
8675s	2	7	3	12	0.00
8756s	0	12	3	15	0.00
8765s	0	14	0	14	0.00
Combinations from named rows				44	44
1357s (from Queens)				0	0.00
2468s (from Queens)				0	0.00
3468s (from Whittingtons)				1	1.00
3478s (from Hagdyke)				8	8.00
3578s				18	18.00
5768s (from Bowbells)				3	3.00
7468s (from Princesses)				1	1.00
7568s (from Burdette)				6	6.00
7658s (from Rollercoaster)				1	1.00
8765s (Esso-Blues)				0	0.00
x5x6x7x8s (from Tittums)				6	6.00
Named Rows				2	2
12345678 (Rounds)				1	1.00
12563478 (Hagdyke)				0	0.00
12753468 (Whittingtons)				0	0.00
13245768 (Bowbells)				0	0.00
13254768 (Priory/The Intermediate)				0	0.00
13527468 (Princesses)				0	0.00
13572468 (Queens)				0	0.00
14327658 (Rollercoaster)				0	0.00
15263748 (Tittums)				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)				0	0.00
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	172 (100%)	–	–	–
3-4	–	70 (41%)	41 (24%)	61 (35%)
5-6	–	60 (35%)	58 (34%)	54 (31%)
7-8	–	13 (8%)	6 (3%)	153 (89%)

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

5504

False rows

Complete extents

Partial extents

Applicable leadhead codes

Date composed

Default calls

Near

Types of call

14 LE Bob (–)

Related Compositions = 1

Similarity	Related Composition
Reversed and transposed calling	5504 Cambridge Surprise Major by Anthony J Cox and Charles Middleton

Performances

Date	Type	Details
Sat 17 May 2008	First rung on towerbells	5056 Cambridge Surprise Major by the Ancient Society of College Youths at St Andrew, Hurstbourne Priors, Hampshire, conducted by James Clatworthy
Fri 20 Dec 2024	Peal on towerbells	5056 Cambridge Surprise Major by the Hertford County Association at St Mary the Virgin, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, conducted by Andrew B Mills

References

Collection	Chapter	Page	Reference
Compositions.org.uk	James Clatworthy		1345

Library Details

Library

Public

Notes

For 5152 omit 3F (James S Wilde #6). For 5056 omit 3H.

Composition Id

90962

Created on

Sat 08-Jan-22 15:34 by Simon A Bond

Modified on

Sun 28-Jan-24 00:26 by Composition Analyser

Published on

Sat 08-Jan-22 15:34