Primrose Surprise Major

also known as Ringer's Surprise pre 20C

Blue Line

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

-38-14-1258-36-14-58-16-78,18

Leadhead

g 13527486

Divisions

None

Default calls

Near

Method above

Primrose Surprise Major

Method below

Cambridge Surprise Major

FCH Groups

BDEe

Accepted extension path

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

Compositions designed for this method

83

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

Related Methods

Relationship	Method(s)
Leadend/halflead variant	Cambridge Surprise Major
EP3-1BC/1DE Extension path	Primrose Surprise Minor, Royal, Maximus, [Unnamed] Surprise Fourteen, Sixteen, Eighteen, Twenty, Twenty-Two, Twenty-Four
EP4-2/7:4:1/5:4:1 EP4 extension path	Primrose Surprise Minor, Royal, Maximus, [Unnamed] Surprise Fourteen, Sixteen, Eighteen, Twenty, Twenty-Two, Twenty-Four
EP3-1ABCDEF/1DE	[Unnamed] Surprise Fourteen, Twenty
EP3-1ABCDEFGH/1DE	[Unnamed] Surprise Sixteen, Twenty-Four
EP3-1BC/4CDEF	[Unnamed] Surprise Maximus, Sixteen, Twenty, Twenty-Four
EP3-1BC/6BC	Woodstock Surprise Royal, [Unnamed] Surprise Maximus, Fourteen, Sixteen, Eighteen, Twenty, Twenty-Two, Twenty-Four
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	[Unnamed] Surprise Royal, Maximus, Fourteen, Sixteen, Eighteen, Twenty, Twenty-Two, Twenty-Four
EP4-2/13:4:7	[Unnamed] Surprise Fourteen, Twenty

Trivial Variations (4)

Method	Place Notation
Arnesby Surprise Major	-38-14-58-1236-14-58-16-78,18
Bruntingthorpe Surprise Major	-38-14-58.12.36-14-58-16-78,18
Roundhills Surprise Major	-38-14-58-1236-14-58-16.34.78,18
Twobrokes Surprise Major	-38-14-1258-36-14-58-16.34.78,18

Date	Type	Details
Sat 23 Apr 1932	First peal on towerbells	Primrose Surprise Major at Edenham by the Lincoln Diocesan Guild at Edenham
Mon 6 Oct 2003	First peal on handbells	Primrose Surprise Major by the Leicester Diocesan Guild at Barrow-on-Soar, Leics

Collection	Chapter	Page	Reference
Ringing World (1932)		299
Ringing World (2003)		1022

Library Details

Library

CCCBR

Notes

Method Id

16695

Created on

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

Modified on

Sat 21-Sept-24 12:19 by Method Analyser

Published on

Thu 17-May-12 19:32