Benefield 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
-38-14-1258-36.14-14.38-12-78,12
Leadhead
b 15738264
Divisions
None
Default calls
Near
Method above
Cambridge Surprise Major
Method below
Dorchester Surprise Major
FCH Groups
BDae
Accepted extension path
Compositions designed for this method
2
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)
♫ 77
Performances
Date Type Details
Wed 14 Feb 1973 First inclusion in a peal on towerbells 5152 Spliced Surprise Major (32m) by the Peterborough Diocesan Guild at St Peter, Northampton, Northamptonshire, conducted by Murray A Coleman
Sat 26 Dec 1987 First peal on towerbells Benefield Surprise Major at Uppingham by the Peterborough Diocesan Guild at Uppingham