Vulcan Surprise Major

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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
-36-14-58-36-12-38.16-36.78,12
Leadhead
b 15738264
Divisions
None
Default calls
Near
Method above
Superlative Surprise Major
Method below
Vulcan Surprise Major
FCH Groups
DEMd
Accepted extension path
Compositions designed for this method
None
Leads in course
7
Lead length
32
Plain course length
224
Hunt bells
1
Working bells
7
Stationary bells
0
Maximum blows in one place
2
Music score (default scheme)
♫ 66
Performances
Date Type Details
Sun 3 Feb 1985 First inclusion in a peal on towerbells 5280 Spliced Surprise Major (165m) by the Lancashire Association at St Bartholomew, Westhoughton, Greater Manchester, conducted by Paul Needham
Thu 30 May 1985 First peal on towerbells Vulcan Surprise Major at Breadsall by the Derby Diocesan Association at Breadsall