Cambridge Surprise Major

Blue Line

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

-38-14-1258-36-14-58-16-78,12

Leadhead

b 15738264

Divisions

None

Default calls

Near

Method above

Cambridge Surprise Major

Method below

Cambridge Surprise Major

FCH Groups

BDEe

Accepted extension path

EP3-1AB/1DE , EP4-2/7:4:1/5:4:1

Compositions designed for this method

4293

Leads in course

Lead length

Plain course length

224

Hunt bells

Working bells

Stationary bells

Maximum blows in one place

Related Methods

Relationship	Method(s)
Leadend/halflead variant	Primrose Surprise Major
Reverse	Old Superlative Surprise Major
EP3-1AB/1DE Extension path	Cambridge Surprise Minor, Royal, Maximus, Fourteen, Sixteen, [Unnamed] Surprise Eighteen, Twenty, Twenty-Two, Twenty-Four
EP4-2/7:4:1/5:4:1 EP4 extension path	Cambridge Surprise Minor, Royal, Maximus, Fourteen, Sixteen, [Unnamed] Surprise Eighteen, Twenty, Twenty-Two, Twenty-Four
EP3-1AB/4CDEF	[Unnamed] Surprise Maximus, Sixteen, Twenty, Twenty-Four
EP3-1AB/6BC	Yorkshire Surprise Royal, Albanian Surprise Maximus, [Unnamed] Surprise Fourteen, Sixteen, Eighteen, Twenty, Twenty-Two, Twenty-Four
EP3-1BCDEFG/1DE	[Unnamed] Surprise Fourteen, Twenty
EP3-1EF/6HI	[Unnamed] Surprise Fourteen, Twenty
EP3-1FG/7HI	[Unnamed] Surprise Fourteen, Twenty
EP3-4BCDE/1DE	[Unnamed] Surprise Maximus, Sixteen, Twenty, Twenty-Four
EP3-4BCDE/4CDEF	[Unnamed] Surprise Maximus, Sixteen, Twenty, Twenty-Four
EP3-4BCDE/6BC	[Unnamed] Surprise Maximus, Sixteen, Twenty, Twenty-Four
EP3-6FG/1DE	Pudsey Surprise Royal, Solihull Surprise Maximus, [Unnamed] Surprise Fourteen, Sixteen, Eighteen, Twenty, Twenty-Two, Twenty-Four
EP4-2/13:4:7	[Unnamed] Surprise Fourteen, Twenty

Trivial Variations (20)

Method	Place Notation
Applewhite Treble Place Major	-38-14-58-1236-14-58-1678-78,12
Athelney Castle Surprise Major	-38-14-1258.12.1236-14-58-16-78,12
Beaufort Surprise Major	-38-14-58-123678-1478-58-16-78-16-58-14-1236-58-14-38-12
Broughton Castle Surprise Major	-38-14-58-1236-14-58-16-78-16-58-1478-123678-58-14-38-12
Cambridge Treble Place Major	-38-14-1258-36-14-58-1678-78,12
Clifford Castle Surprise Major	-38-14-58-1236-14-58-16.34.78.34.16-58-14-36-1258-14-38-12
Duke of Wellington Surprise Major	-38-14-1258-36-14-58-16.34.78.34.16-58-14-1236-58-14-38-12
Earl St Aldwyn Surprise Major	-38-14-58-1236-14-58-16-78-16-58-14-36-1258-14-38-12
Havant Surprise Major	-38-14-1258-36-14-58-16.34.78,12
I Can't Believe It's Not Cambridge Surprise Major	-38-14-1258-3678-1478-58-16-78,12
I Can't Believe It's Not New Cambridge Surprise Major	-38-14-58-123678-1478-58-16-78,12
New Cambridge Surprise Major	-38-14-58-1236-14-58-16-78,12
Putney Surprise Major	-38-14-58-1236-14-58-16.34.78,12
Sir Felix Pole Surprise Major	-38-14-1258-36-14-58-16-78-16-58-14-1236-58-14-38-12
Southwell Surprise Major	-38-14-58.12.36-14-58-16-78,12
Stand Surprise Major	-38-14-58.12.36-14-58-16.34.78,12
Thorold Arms Treble Place Major	-38-14-1258-36-14-58-1678.34.78,12
Welford Major	-38-14-1258-36-14-58-16.34-34.1678-58-14-36-1258-14-38-12
Windpassing Treble Place Major	-38-14-1258.12.1236-14-58-1678-78,12
Wobbly Bobs Treble Place Major	-38-14-58-1236-14-58-1678.34.78,12

Performances

Date	Type	Details
Tue 11 Feb 1873	First peal on towerbells	Cambridge Surprise Major at Benington, Herts at Benington, Herts
Sat 28 Apr 1923	LongLength on towerbells	12896 Cambridge Surprise Major by the Midland Counties Association at St Michael, Stoney Stanton, Leicestershire, conducted by Harold J Poole
Wed 22 Mar 1933	First peal on handbells	Cambridge Surprise Major by the Hertford County Association at Oxhey, Herts
Sun 28 Jun 1959	LongLength on towerbells	13280 Cambridge Surprise Major by the Kent County Association at Waterloo Tower, Quex Park, Birchington, Kent, conducted by Robin G Leale
Sat 7 Apr 1973	LongLength on towerbells	13440 Cambridge Surprise Major by the Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild at St Peter, East Tytherley, Hampshire, conducted by Timothy F Collins
Sat 7 Jun 2003	LongLength on towerbells	17280 Cambridge Surprise Major by the Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild at St Mary, Willesden, Middlesex, conducted by Simon M Alford
Sun 5 Oct 2003	LongLength on towerbells	14400 Cambridge Surprise Major by the Bath & Wells Diocesan Association at Pig-le-Tower, Marston Bigot, Somerset, conducted by Brian J Woodruffe
Fri 15 Jun 2012	LongLength on handbells	10368 Cambridge Surprise Major by the Society of Cambridge Youths at 16 Godesdone Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, conducted by David J Pipe
Sat 18 Apr 2020	First quarter peal on keyboards	1312 Cambridge Surprise Major at Norwich, Gt Hockham & Reach, Ringing Room, conducted by David C Brown

References

Collection	Chapter	Page	Reference
Andrew Haylor's 10-Spliced Surprise Major
Change Ringing	14	114
Change-Ringing on Handbells (Volume 2: Advanced Techniques)	10
Easy 4 Surprise Major
Felstead Peals in a Method Database	Major		Cambridge+Surprise+Major
Handbell Stadium EMS1
Haylor's 12 Surprise Major
Lincoln College Oxford repertoire
Nottingham 8 Surprise Major
Pitman's 4 Surprise Major
Project Pickled Egg (Core 7)		176	4
Ringing World (1933)		198
Smith's 23 Surprise Major
Spliced Bristol & Cambridge Surprise Major		1
Spliced Cambridge and Cornwall Surprise Major
Standard 8 Surprise Major
The Core Seven and Beyond

Library Details

Library

CCCBR

Notes

Method Id

16694

Created on

Thu 17-May-12 19:32 by Method Importer

Modified on

Fri 29-Nov-24 13:22 by Graham A C John

Published on

Thu 17-May-12 19:32