Guildford 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
-58-14.58-58.36-14-38.14.36-58,18
Leadhead
m 14263857
Divisions
None
Default calls
Near
Method above
Bristol Surprise Major
Method below
Guildford Surprise Major
FCH Groups
GKc
Accepted extension path
Compositions designed for this method
19
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)
♫ 68
Performances
Date Type Details
Tue 25 Nov 1913 First peal on towerbells Guildford Surprise Major at Holy Trinity, Guildford by the Winchester Diocesan Guild at Holy Trinity, Guildford
Tue 8 Feb 2022 First inclusion in a peal on handbells 5120 Spliced Surprise Major (20m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at 55 St Martin's Road, Bristol, Bristol, conducted by Alan G Reading