I Can't Believe It's Not 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

-38-14-1258-3678-1478-58-16-78,12

Leadhead

b 15738264

Divisions

None

Default calls

Near

Method above

Bewnans Meryasyk Delight Major

Method below

Cambridge Surprise Major

FCH Groups

BDEd

Accepted extension path

EP3-1AB/1DE

Compositions designed for this method

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)
EP3-1AB/1DE Extension path	[Unnamed] Surprise Royal, I Can't Believe It's Not Cambridge Surprise Maximus, [Unnamed] Surprise Fourteen, Sixteen, Eighteen, Twenty, Twenty-Two, Twenty-Four
EP3-1AB/4CDEF	[Unnamed] Surprise Maximus, Sixteen, Twenty, Twenty-Four
EP3-1AB/6BC	I Can't Believe It's Not Real Yorkshire Surprise Royal, [Unnamed] Surprise Maximus, Fourteen, Sixteen, Eighteen, Twenty, Twenty-Two, Twenty-Four
EP3-2BCDEFG/1DE	[Unnamed] Surprise Fourteen, Twenty
EP3-2EF/6HI	[Unnamed] Surprise Fourteen, Twenty
EP3-2GH/7HI	[Unnamed] Surprise Fourteen, Twenty
EP3-6GH/1DE	[Unnamed] Surprise Royal, Maximus, Fourteen, Sixteen, Eighteen, Twenty, Twenty-Two, Twenty-Four
EP4-2/1:4:2/13:4:7	[Unnamed] Surprise Fourteen, Twenty
EP4-2/5:4:2/13:4:6	[Unnamed] Surprise Fourteen, Twenty
EP4-2/9:4:1/1:4:6	I Can't Believe It's Not Real Yorkshire Surprise Royal, [Unnamed] Surprise Maximus, Fourteen, Sixteen, Eighteen, Twenty, Twenty-Two, Twenty-Four
EP4-2/9:4:1/5:4:1	[Unnamed] Surprise Minor, Royal, I Can't Believe It's Not Cambridge Surprise Maximus, [Unnamed] Surprise Fourteen, Sixteen, Eighteen, Twenty, Twenty-Two, Twenty-Four
EP4-4/9:8:1/3:8:4	[Unnamed] Surprise Maximus, Sixteen, Twenty, Twenty-Four

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 Surprise Major	-38-14-1258-36-14-58-16-78,12
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 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 20 Jul 2004	First quarter peal on towerbells	1280 I Can't Believe it's not Cambridge Surprise Major at Highclere
Tue 19 Oct 2010	First inclusion in a peal on towerbells	5056 Spliced Surprise Major ( 4 Methods) by the Guild of Devonshire Ringers at All Saints, Huntsham, Devon, conducted by Timothy F Collins
Tue 17 Apr 2018	First peal on towerbells	5056 I Can't Believe It's Not Cambridge Surprise Major by the Bath & Wells Diocesan Association at St Michael, Shepton Beauchamp, Somerset, conducted by Donald B Carter

References

Collection	Chapter	Page	Reference
Ringing World (2004)		811
Ringing World (2010)		1133
Ringing World (2018)		427

Library Details

Library

CCCBR

Notes

Method Id

16749

Created on

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

Modified on

Tue 21-Nov-23 13:13 by Graham A C John

Published on

Thu 17-May-12 19:32