Aldenham 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
-38-14-58-36-34-38-16-78,12
Leadhead
b 15738264
Divisions
None
Default calls
Near
Method above
Cambridge Surprise Major
Method below
Aldenham Surprise Major
FCH Groups
BacY
Accepted extension path
Compositions designed for this method
70
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)
♫ 60
Performances
Date Type Details
Sat 21 Oct 1933 First peal on towerbells Aldenham Surprise Major at Aldenham by the Hertford County Association at Aldenham
Tue 15 Oct 1963 First peal on handbells Aldenham Surprise Major by the Leicester Diocesan Guild at The Wayside, Leicester, Leics
Sat 4 Aug 2001 LongLength on towerbells 10304 Aldenham Surprise Major by the Iceni Society at Mindinho-le-Tower Campanile, Newmarket, Suffolk, conducted by Brian J Woodruffe
Sat 15 Jun 2002 LongLength on towerbells 15008 Spliced Surprise Major (67m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at St Thomas the Martyr, Oxford, Oxfordshire, conducted by Simon J L Linford
Fri 28 Oct 2005 LongLength on towerbells 22400 Spliced Surprise Major (100m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at Bell Foundry Campanile, Loughborough, Leicestershire, conducted by Simon J L Linford
Thu 18 Sept 2025 First quarter peal on keyboards 1280 Aldenham Surprise Major at Oldham, Great Hockham, Paignton & Bury St Edmunds, Ringing Room, UK, conducted by Simon A Rudd