Bill Surprise Major

known as William Surprise Major between 04/06/1975 and 19/03/1976
Blue Line
Properties
Changes
  • Adjacent
  • Identity
  • Jump
  • Static
  • Dynamic
  • Cross
  • Pure
  • Penultimate
  • Touching Places
Hunt bells
  • Principle
  • Hunter
    • One
    • Multiple
    • All
Working bell cycles
  • Monocyclic
  • Isocyclic
  • Differential
Hunter classes
  • Plain
    • Place
    • Bob
    • Single
  • Alliance
  • Treble Place
  • Treble Dodging
    • Treble Bob
    • Delight
    • Surprise
  • 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
-36-1456-1256-38-12-38-14-78,12
Leadhead
b 15738264
Divisions
None
Default calls
Near
Method above
Bill Surprise Major
Method below
Chiltern Surprise Major
FCH Groups
DEKL
Accepted extension path
Compositions designed for this method
57
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)
♫ 47
Performances
Date Type Details
Wed 4 Jun 1975 First inclusion in a peal on towerbells 5088 Spliced Surprise Major (8m) by the Manchester Universities' Guild of Change Ringers at Sacred Trinity, Salford, Lancashire, conducted by Marcus C W Sherwood
Wed 30 Dec 1992 First peal on towerbells Bill Surprise Major at Thorverton by the Guild of Devonshire Ringers at Thorverton