Norwich Surprise Minor

also known as Victoria Surprise (H Chant 1965 index)
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
-34-14-12-36-34-16,16
Leadhead
m 142635
Divisions
None
Default calls
Far
Method above
Norwich Surprise Minor
Method below
Norwich Surprise Minor
FCH Groups
Accepted extension path
EP3-1DE/4EF , EP4-2/7:4:4
Compositions designed for this method
221
Leads in course
5
Lead length
24
Plain course length
120
Hunt bells
1
Working bells
5
Stationary bells
0
Maximum blows in one place
2
Music score (default scheme)
♫ 31
Performances
Date Type Details
Wed 16 Feb 1927 First peal on towerbells Norwich Surprise Minor at Wrentham by the Suffolk Guild at Wrentham
Fri 29 Oct 1971 First peal on handbells Norwich Surprise Minor by the North American Guild by the North American Guild at Montreal, Quebec, CA
Sat 5 Jan 1980 Peal on handbells Norwich Surprise Minor by the North American Guild
Fri 8 May 2020 First quarter peal on keyboards 1320 Norwich Surprise Minor at Norwich, Great Hockham & Colchester, Ringing Room, conducted by David C Brown