Lessness 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
-38-14-56-16-12-58-14-58,12
Leadhead
f 14263857
Divisions
None
Default calls
Near
Method above
Uxbridge Surprise Major
Method below
Lessness Surprise Major
FCH Groups
Bac
Accepted extension path
EP3-1FG/5GH , EP4-2/11:4:6
Compositions designed for this method
2384
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)
♫ 79
Performances
Date Type Details
Mon 22 Feb 1937 First peal on towerbells 5088 Lessness Surprise Major by the Kent County Association at St John the Baptist, Erith, Greater London, conducted by Frederick J Cullum
Thu 30 Dec 1982 First peal on handbells 5088 Lessness Surprise Major by the Hereford Diocesan Guild at Windermere, Stretton Sugwas, Herefordshire
Sun 16 Oct 2005 LongLength on towerbells 10080 Spliced Surprise Major by the Saint James' Guild at St Bartholomew, Sproxton, Leicestershire, conducted by David C Brown
Sat 11 Nov 2006 LongLength on towerbells 10080 Spliced Surprise Major (45 methods) by the Bedfordshire Association at St Nicholas, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, conducted by Michael J Trimm
Sun 6 Jan 2008 LongLength on towerbells 10080 Spliced Surprise Major (45 Methods) by the Saint James' Guild at Christ Church, Spitalfields, Greater London, conducted by Michael J Trimm
Thu 1 Jan 2009 LongLength on towerbells 10080 Spliced Surprise Major (45m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at St Lawrence, Jewry, City of London, conducted by John N Hughes-D'Aeth
Sun 16 Apr 2017 LongLength on towerbells 10080 Spliced Surprise Major (45 Methods) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at St James Garlickhythe, Garlick Hill, City of London, conducted by Andrew J Graham
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 11 Jul 2020 First inclusion in a quarter peal on keyboards 1280 Spliced Surprise Major (7m) at The Lair of the Snow Tiger, Ringing Room, UK, conducted by Alan G Reading
Thu 17 Dec 2020 First quarter peal on keyboards 1312 Lessness Surprise Major by the Sussex County Association at Bosham, Eastergate & Pagham, Ringing Room, West Sussex, conducted by Ewan Grant-Richardson
Mon 29 Mar 2021 First inclusion in a peal on keyboards 5040 Spliced Major (23m) at Ringing Room, UK, conducted by David J Pipe
Tue 30 Jan 2024 LongLength on handbells 10080 Spliced Surprise Major (45m) by the Guild of St Cuileáin at 26 Redlands Road, Reading, Berkshire, conducted by Jack E Page