York Surprise Major

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
-38-14-12-38.14-14.38.14-14.38,12
Leadhead
a 13527486
Divisions
None
Default calls
Near
Method above
York Surprise Major
Method below
York Surprise Major
FCH Groups
BDK
Accepted extension path
EP3-1DE/4EF , EP4-2/8:4:4
Compositions designed for this method
210
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)
♫ 71
Performances
Date Type Details
Sat 16 Dec 1933 First peal on towerbells York Surprise Major at Nuneaton by the Warwickshire Guild at Nuneaton
Tue 3 Apr 1962 First peal on handbells York Surprise Major by the Leicester Diocesan Guild at The Wayside, Leicester, Leics
Sun 17 Nov 2019 LongLength on towerbells 10240 Spliced Surprise Major (40m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at St James Garlickhythe, Garlick Hill, City of London, conducted by Simon J L Linford
Sat 23 Jan 2021 First quarter peal on keyboards 1344 York Surprise Major at Great Hockham, Glasgow, Wetton & Moseley, Ringing Room, Uk, conducted by Simon J Gay
Mon 29 Mar 2021 First inclusion in a peal on keyboards 5040 Spliced Major (23m) at Ringing Room, UK, conducted by David J Pipe