Xenolite Surprise Major

Blue Line
Properties
Changes
  • Adjacent
  • Identity
  • Jump
  • Static
  • Dynamic
  • Cross
  • Penultimate
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
-58-14.58-12.38.12-12.38-14-78,12
Leadhead
d 18674523
Divisions
None
Default calls
Near
Method above
Stoughton Surprise Major
Method below
The Moon Surprise Major
FCH Groups
Bc
Accepted extension path
EP3-1EF/1GH , EP4-2/1:4:1/12:4:1
Compositions designed for this method
14
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)
♫ 72
Performances
Date Type Details
Wed 18 Nov 1998 First peal on towerbells Xenolite Surprise Major at Barrow Gurney by the Gloucester and Bristol Diocesan Association at Barrow Gurney
Fri 29 Aug 2025 First peal on handbells 5088 Xenolite Surprise Major by the Yorkshire Association at 19 The Green, Romanby, North Yorkshire, conducted by Peter C Randall