Christchurch 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
-38-14-58-1236-12-38-16-78,12
Leadhead
b 15738264
Divisions
None
Default calls
Near
Method above
Cambridge Surprise Major
Method below
Christchurch Surprise Major
FCH Groups
BDEc
Accepted extension path
EP3-1AB/1FG , EP4-2/7:4:1/9:4:1
Compositions designed for this method
29
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)
♫ 59
Performances
Date Type Details
Thu 25 Apr 1963 First peal on towerbells Christchurch Surprise Major at North Stoneham by the Winchester and Portsmouth Diocesan Guild at North Stoneham
Tue 14 Feb 2017 First peal on handbells 5056 Christchurch Surprise Major by the Hereford Diocesan Guild at 4 Bannutree Cottages, Bridstow, Herefordshire, conducted by Frederick Shallcross