Queen Mary Surprise Minor

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

-36-14-12-36-14-36,16

Leadhead

165243

Divisions

None

Default calls

Far

Method above

Primrose Surprise Minor

Method below

Cunecastre Surprise Minor

FCH Groups

Accepted extension path

Compositions designed for this method

Leads in course

Lead length

Plain course length

120

Hunt bells

Working bells

Stationary bells

Maximum blows in one place

Relationship	Method(s)
Leadend/halflead variant	Bridgetown Differential Surprise Minor, Cambridge Surprise Minor, Ebor Surprise Minor, Ipswich Surprise Minor, King Edward Surprise Minor, Newhall Surprise Minor, Norfolk Surprise Minor, Primrose Surprise Minor, Tip of the Iceberg Surprise Minor
Reverse	Naan Bread Surprise Minor
EP3-1ABCD/1BCDE	[Unnamed] Surprise Royal, Fourteen, Eighteen, Twenty-Two
EP3-1ABCD/1DEFG	[Unnamed] Surprise Fourteen, Twenty-Two
EP3-1ABCD/2DEFG	[Unnamed] Surprise Fourteen, Eighteen, Twenty-Two
EP3-1ABCD/3BCDE	[Unnamed] Surprise Fourteen, Twenty-Two
EP3-1ABCD/3CDEF	[Unnamed] Surprise Fourteen, Eighteen, Twenty-Two
EP3-1ABCD/3DE	[Unnamed] Surprise Royal, Eighteen, Twenty-Two
EP3-1ABCD/3DEFG	[Unnamed] Surprise Royal, Eighteen, Twenty-Two
EP3-1ABCD/3EF	[Unnamed] Surprise Fourteen, Eighteen
EP3-1ABCDEF/2BCDEFG	[Unnamed] Surprise Eighteen, Twenty-Four
EP3-1ABCDEF/2DE	[Unnamed] Surprise Maximus, Eighteen, Twenty-Four
EP3-1ABCDEF/3DE	[Unnamed] Surprise Eighteen, Twenty-Four
EP3-1BC/1BCDE	[Unnamed] Surprise Royal, Fourteen, Eighteen, Twenty-Two
EP3-1BC/1BCDEFG	[Unnamed] Surprise Eighteen, Twenty-Four
EP3-1BC/1CD	[Unnamed] Surprise Royal, Maximus, Sixteen, Eighteen
EP3-1BC/1DEFG	[Unnamed] Surprise Fourteen, Eighteen
EP3-1BC/1FG	[Unnamed] Surprise Royal, Fourteen, Eighteen, Twenty-Two
EP3-1BC/2DE	[Unnamed] Surprise Maximus, Sixteen
EP3-1BC/3BCDE	[Unnamed] Surprise Fourteen, Twenty-Two
EP3-1BC/3DE	[Unnamed] Surprise Major, Royal, Sixteen, Eighteen, Twenty, Twenty-Two
EP3-1BC/3DEFG	[Unnamed] Surprise Royal, Fourteen, Twenty-Two
EP3-1BC/3EF	[Unnamed] Surprise Major, Twenty
EP3-1BC/4CDEF	[Unnamed] Surprise Royal, Fourteen, Eighteen, Twenty-Two
EP3-1BC/4EF	[Unnamed] Surprise Major, Royal, Maximus, Fourteen, Sixteen, Eighteen, Twenty, Twenty-Two, Twenty-Four
EP3-1CD/1CD	[Unnamed] Surprise Fourteen, Sixteen, Twenty
EP3-1CD/1CDEF	[Unnamed] Surprise Eighteen, Twenty-Two
EP3-1CD/1DEFG	[Unnamed] Surprise Royal, Fourteen
EP3-1CD/2CD	[Unnamed] Surprise Sixteen, Eighteen
EP3-1CD/2DE	[Unnamed] Surprise Royal, Sixteen, Eighteen, Twenty-Two
EP3-1CD/3EF	[Unnamed] Surprise Maximus, Sixteen, Twenty, Twenty-Four
EP3-1CDEF/1CDEF	[Unnamed] Surprise Royal, Fourteen
EP3-1CDEF/1DE	[Unnamed] Surprise Royal, Twenty-Two
EP3-1CDEF/2CDEF	[Unnamed] Surprise Royal, Twenty-Two
EP3-1CDEF/2DE	[Unnamed] Surprise Royal, Eighteen
EP3-1CDEF/3EF	[Unnamed] Surprise Royal, Eighteen
EP3-1CDEF/4CDEF	[Unnamed] Surprise Eighteen, Twenty-Two
EP3-1DE/1DE	[Unnamed] Surprise Major, Royal, Maximus, Fourteen, Sixteen, Eighteen, Twenty, Twenty-Two, Twenty-Four
EP3-1DE/1DEFG	[Unnamed] Surprise Fourteen, Eighteen
EP3-1DE/1FG	[Unnamed] Surprise Royal, Fourteen, Eighteen, Twenty-Two
EP3-1DE/2DE	[Unnamed] Surprise Maximus, Eighteen, Twenty-Four
EP3-1DE/2DEFG	[Unnamed] Surprise Fourteen, Eighteen, Twenty-Two
EP3-1DE/3DE	[Unnamed] Surprise Maximus, Fourteen, Twenty, Twenty-Two
EP3-1DE/3DEFG	[Unnamed] Surprise Fourteen, Eighteen
EP3-1DE/3EF	[Unnamed] Surprise Major, Maximus, Fourteen, Twenty, Twenty-Two, Twenty-Four
EP3-1DE/4EF	[Unnamed] Surprise Major, Royal, Maximus, Fourteen, Sixteen, Eighteen, Twenty, Twenty-Two, Twenty-Four
EP3-3ABCD/1DEFG	[Unnamed] Surprise Fourteen, Eighteen
EP3-3ABCD/1FG	[Unnamed] Surprise Fourteen, Twenty-Two
EP3-3ABCD/2BCDE	[Unnamed] Surprise Royal, Fourteen
EP3-3ABCD/2DE	[Unnamed] Surprise Eighteen, Twenty-Two
EP3-3ABCD/3BCDE	[Unnamed] Surprise Royal, Fourteen
EP3-3ABCD/3CDEF	[Unnamed] Surprise Royal, Fourteen, Twenty-Two
EP3-3ABCD/3DEFG	[Unnamed] Surprise Royal, Fourteen, Eighteen
EP3-3ABCD/3EF	[Unnamed] Surprise Royal, Fourteen, Eighteen, Twenty-Two
EP3-3ABCD/4CDEF	[Unnamed] Surprise Fourteen, Eighteen
EP3-3ABCD/4DEFG	[Unnamed] Surprise Royal, Fourteen, Eighteen
EP3-3ABCD/4EF	[Unnamed] Surprise Fourteen, Twenty-Two
EP3-3ABCDEF/1BCDEFG	[Unnamed] Surprise Eighteen, Twenty-Four
EP3-3ABCDEF/3DE	[Unnamed] Surprise Maximus, Twenty-Four
EP3-3ABCDEF/4EF	[Unnamed] Surprise Eighteen, Twenty-Four
EP3-3BC/1BCDEFG	[Unnamed] Surprise Maximus, Twenty-Four
EP3-3BC/1CD	[Unnamed] Surprise Royal, Twenty-Two, Twenty-Four
EP3-3BC/1DE	[Unnamed] Surprise Major, Maximus, Fourteen, Sixteen, Twenty-Two, Twenty-Four
EP3-3BC/1FG	[Unnamed] Surprise Major, Maximus
EP3-3BC/2CD	[Unnamed] Surprise Major, Twenty
EP3-3BC/2CDEF	[Unnamed] Surprise Fourteen, Twenty-Two
EP3-3BC/2DE	[Unnamed] Surprise Fourteen, Sixteen, Twenty-Two
EP3-3BC/2DEFG	[Unnamed] Surprise Fourteen, Twenty-Two
EP3-3BC/3CDEF	[Unnamed] Surprise Royal, Eighteen
EP3-3BC/3DEFG	[Unnamed] Surprise Royal, Fourteen, Eighteen
EP3-3BC/3EF	[Unnamed] Surprise Maximus, Twenty, Twenty-Two
EP3-3BC/4EF	[Unnamed] Surprise Maximus, Twenty
EP3-3CD/1CD	[Unnamed] Surprise Major, Royal, Maximus
EP3-3CD/1CDEF	[Unnamed] Surprise Royal, Twenty-Two
EP3-3CD/1DE	[Unnamed] Surprise Major, Maximus, Fourteen, Eighteen, Twenty, Twenty-Four
EP3-3CD/1FG	[Unnamed] Surprise Major, Twenty, Twenty-Two
EP3-3CD/2CD	[Unnamed] Surprise Fourteen, Twenty-Two
EP3-3CD/2CDEF	[Unnamed] Surprise Fourteen, Eighteen
EP3-3CD/2DE	[Unnamed] Surprise Maximus, Fourteen, Sixteen, Twenty-Four
EP3-3CD/3CDEF	[Unnamed] Surprise Eighteen, Twenty-Two
EP3-3CD/3DE	[Unnamed] Surprise Major, Maximus, Twenty-Two, Twenty-Four
EP3-3CD/3EF	[Unnamed] Surprise Major, Royal, Maximus, Sixteen
EP3-3CD/4CDEF	[Unnamed] Surprise Fourteen, Twenty-Two
EP3-3CD/4DEFG	[Unnamed] Surprise Fourteen, Eighteen, Twenty-Two
EP3-3CD/4EF	[Unnamed] Surprise Maximus, Sixteen, Twenty-Two
EP3-3CDEF/1CDEF	[Unnamed] Surprise Fourteen, Twenty-Two
EP3-3CDEF/1DEFG	[Unnamed] Surprise Royal, Twenty-Two
EP3-3CDEF/2DE	[Unnamed] Surprise Fourteen, Eighteen
EP3-3CDEF/3DE	[Unnamed] Surprise Fourteen, Twenty-Two
EP3-3CDEF/3DEFG	[Unnamed] Surprise Fourteen, Eighteen
EP3-3CDEF/4DEFG	[Unnamed] Surprise Fourteen, Eighteen
EP3-4ABCD/1DEFG	[Unnamed] Surprise Royal, Fourteen
EP3-4ABCD/2DEFG	[Unnamed] Surprise Royal, Eighteen
EP3-4ABCD/3BCDE	[Unnamed] Surprise Royal, Fourteen, Twenty-Two
EP3-4ABCD/3CDEF	[Unnamed] Surprise Fourteen, Eighteen
EP3-4ABCD/3DEFG	[Unnamed] Surprise Fourteen, Eighteen
EP3-4ABCDEF/3EF	[Unnamed] Surprise Maximus, Twenty-Four
EP3-4ABCDEF/4BCDEFG	[Unnamed] Surprise Maximus, Eighteen, Twenty-Four
EP3-4BC/1BCDEFG	[Unnamed] Surprise Maximus, Eighteen, Twenty-Four
EP3-4BC/1CD	[Unnamed] Surprise Royal, Twenty-Two
EP3-4BC/1CDEF	[Unnamed] Surprise Fourteen, Eighteen, Twenty-Two
EP3-4BC/1DEFG	[Unnamed] Surprise Royal, Fourteen, Eighteen, Twenty-Two
EP3-4BC/2CD	[Unnamed] Surprise Major, Royal, Maximus, Fourteen, Sixteen, Eighteen, Twenty, Twenty-Two, Twenty-Four
EP3-4BC/3CDEF	[Unnamed] Surprise Eighteen, Twenty-Two
EP3-4BC/3DEFG	[Unnamed] Surprise Eighteen, Twenty-Two
EP3-4BC/3EF	[Unnamed] Surprise Maximus, Twenty
EP4-2/3:4:2	[Unnamed] Surprise Royal, Fourteen, Eighteen, Twenty-Two
EP4-2/3:4:3	[Unnamed] Surprise Sixteen, Eighteen, Twenty
EP4-2/5:4:3	[Unnamed] Surprise Royal, Sixteen, Twenty-Two
EP4-2/7:4:4	[Unnamed] Surprise Major, Royal, Maximus, Fourteen, Sixteen, Eighteen, Twenty, Twenty-Two, Twenty-Four

Trivial Variations (1)

Method	Place Notation
Pitcher Plant Surprise Minor	-36-1456-56-1236-14-36,16

Performances

Date	Type	Details
Tue 27 Jul 1976	First peal on towerbells	Queen Mary Surprise Minor at Milton by the Oxford Diocesan Guild at Milton
Tue 9 Jul 1996	First peal on handbells	Queen Mary Surprise Minor by the Norwich Diocesan Association at Swardeston, Norfolk
Thu 11 Jun 2020	First inclusion in a quarter peal on keyboards	1320 Spliced Surprise Minor (6m) at Thorrington, Wickford & Great Hockham, Ringing Room, conducted by Simon A Rudd

References

Collection	Chapter	Page	Reference
Change-Ringing on Handbells (Volume 2: Advanced Techniques)	7
Ringing World (1966)		831
Ringing World (1976)		840
Ringing World (1996)		884
Treble Dodging Minor Methods			472

Library Details

Library

CCCBR

Notes

Method Id

14567

Created on

Thu 17-May-12 19:32 by Method Importer

Modified on

Fri 29-Nov-24 15:37 by Graham A C John

Published on

Thu 17-May-12 19:32