Adelaide 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
-58-14-56-36-14-58.36-36.18,12
Leadhead
c 17856342
Divisions
None
Default calls
Near
Method above
Leatherhead Surprise Major
Method below
Adelaide Surprise Major
FCH Groups
BEc
Accepted extension path
Compositions designed for this method
297
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)
♫ 53
Performances
Date Type Details
Sat 15 Nov 1952 First peal on towerbells 5152 Adelaide Surprise Major by the Hertford County Association at St Matthew, Oxhey, Hertfordshire
Wed 27 Jun 1984 First peal on handbells 5024 Adelaide Surprise Major by the Oxford Diocesan Guild at 2 Adelaide Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
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
Tue 27 Apr 2021 First inclusion in a quarter peal on keyboards 1344 Spliced Surprise Major (6m) at The Lair of the Snow Tiger, Ringing Room, conducted by Mark B Davies (GB)
Tue 4 May 2021 First quarter peal on keyboards 1344 Adelaide Surprise Major at The Lair of the Snow Tiger, Ringing Room, conducted by Mark B Davies (GB)
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