Toggle navigation
Composition Library
beta
Sign In
3.5
Cambridge Surprise Minor
Blue Line
Properties
Changes
Adjacent
Identity
Jump
Static
Dynamic
Cross
Penultimate
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
-36-14-12-36-14-56,12
Leadhead
b 156342
Divisions
None
Default calls
Near
Method above
Cambridge Surprise Minor
Method below
Cambridge Surprise Minor
FCH Groups
Accepted extension path
EP3-1AB/1DE
,
EP4-2/7:4:1/5:4:1
Compositions designed for this method
765
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 11 Aug 1734
First extent on towerbells
720 Cambridge Surprise Minor by the Rambling Club of Ringers at St Peter and St Paul, Mitcham, Surrey
Tue 16 Apr 1737
First inclusion in a peal on towerbells
5040 Surprise Minor (7m) at St Mary, Whitechapel, Greater London, conducted by William Barrett
Sun 28 Mar 1909
First peal on towerbells
5040 Cambridge Surprise Minor by the Lincoln Diocesan Guild at St Michael, Edenham, Lincolnshire, conducted by John w Lake
Tue 22 Dec 1931
First peal on handbells
Cambridge Surprise Minor by the Essex Association at Sible Hedingham, Essex
Fri 15 Jun 2012
LongLength on handbells
10080 Cambridge Surprise Minor by the Society of Cambridge Youths at 16 Godesdone Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, conducted by David J Pipe
Mon 28 Dec 2015
LongLength on towerbells
10800 Cambridge Surprise Minor by the Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild at Clock House Bells, Awbridge, Hampshire, conducted by Edward P D Colliss
Mon 4 May 2020
First quarter peal on keyboards
1440 Cambridge Surprise Minor at Norwich, Great Hockham & Colchester, Ringing Room, conducted by Simon A Rudd