Derwent 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
-56-14-56-36-34-58-34-78,12
Leadhead
f 14263857
Divisions
None
Default calls
Near
Method above
Cray Surprise Major
Method below
Derwent Surprise Major
FCH Groups
a
Accepted extension path
Compositions designed for this method
30
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)
♫ 90
Performances
Date Type Details
Sat 30 Apr 1960 First peal on towerbells Derwent Surprise Major at Hugglescote by the Leicester Diocesan Guild at Hugglescote
Sun 19 Jan 2003 First peal on handbells 5088 Derwent Surprise Major at 2 Pretyman Avenue, Bacton, Suffolk, conducted by Jeremy W Spiller