The Moon 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
-58-14.58-12.38.12-12.38-14-78,18
Leadhead
j 17856342
Divisions
None
Default calls
Near
Method above
Dunwich Surprise Major
Method below
The Moon Surprise Major
FCH Groups
Bc
Accepted extension path
Compositions designed for this method
11
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 16 Jul 1997 First peal on towerbells The Moon Surprise Major at Barrow Gurney by the Gloucester and Bristol Diocesan Association at Barrow Gurney
Wed 7 Aug 2019 First peal on handbells 5088 The Moon Surprise Major by the Guild of Devonshire Ringers (Exeter Colleges Guild) at Castle Keep South, Lundy Island, Bristol Channel, conducted by Thomas J Hinks