Bourne Surprise Major

provisionally known as Smeeton Westerby Surprise Major between 21/07/1977 and 07/05/1983
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
-38-14-12-38-34-38-34-38,12
Leadhead
e 16482735
Divisions
None
Default calls
Near
Method above
York Surprise Major
Method below
Bourne Surprise Major
FCH Groups
BDa
Accepted extension path
EP3-1DE/4EF , EP4-2/7:4:4
Compositions designed for this method
43
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)
♫ 69
Performances
Date Type Details
Sat 7 May 1983 First peal on handbells Bourne Surprise Major by the University of London Society at Imperial College (Huxley Building), Knightsbridge, Middx
Sun 22 Mar 1987 First peal on towerbells Bourne Surprise Major at St Mary, Lancaster by the Lancashire Association at St Mary, Lancaster
Fri 31 Dec 2021 First quarter peal on keyboards 1250 Bourne Surprise Major by the The Bellerophons at Ringing Room, UK & USA & Switzerland, conducted by David B Wilson (Vancouver, WA)