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4.4
Bristol 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
-58-14.58-58.36.14-14.58-14-18,18
Leadhead
m 14263857
Divisions
None
Default calls
Near
Method above
Bristol Surprise Major
Method below
Bristol Surprise Major
FCH Groups
c
Extension construction
Compositions designed for this method
5080
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
Related Methods
Relationship
Method(s)
Leadend/halflead variant
Premier Surprise Major
EP3-1ABCDEF/1CDEFGH
[Unnamed] Surprise Fourteen
,
Twenty
EP3-1BCDE/1EFGH
Smallbrook Surprise Maximus
,
[Unnamed] Surprise Twenty
,
Twenty-Four
EP4-2/6:4:1/6:4:1
EP4 candidate path
Bristol Surprise Royal
,
Maximus
,
Fourteen
,
Sixteen
,
[Unnamed] Surprise Eighteen
,
Twenty
,
Twenty-Two
,
Twenty-Four
EP4-2/6:4:3/6:4:3
[Unnamed] Surprise Fourteen
,
Twenty
EP4-4/7:8:1/7:8:1
Smallbrook Surprise Maximus
,
[Unnamed] Surprise Twenty
,
Twenty-Four
Trivial Variations (3)
Method
Place Notation
Dordrecht Surprise Major
-58-14.58.12.1258.36.14-14.58-14-18,18
Double Dordrecht Surprise Major
-58-14.58.12.1258.36.1478.78.14.58-14-18,18
Reverse Dordrecht Surprise Major
-58-14.58-58.36.1478.78.14.58-14-18,18
Performances
Date
Type
Details
Fri 22 Mar 1901
First peal on towerbells
Bristol Surprise Major at St Peter, Brighton by the Sussex County Association at St Peter, Brighton
Tue 1 Oct 1907
First peal on handbells
Bristol Surprise Major by the Middlesex County Association and London Diocesan Guild at Belfry, St Edward, Romford, Essex
Mon 8 Apr 1912
Long Length on towerbells
12160 Bristol Surprise Major by the Hertford County Association at St Mary and St Thomas a Becket, Knebworth, Hertfordshire, conducted by George N Price
Mon 27 May 1912
Long Length on towerbells
15264 Bristol Surprise Major by the Middlesex County Association & London Diocesan Guild at St Andrew, Hornchurch, Essex, conducted by William Pye
Sat 18 Dec 1948
Long Length on towerbells
10080 Bristol Surprise Major by the Chester Diocesan Guild at St Chad, Over, Cheshire, conducted by John Worth
Sat 19 Feb 1949
Long Length on towerbells
10976 Bristol Surprise Major by the Leicester Diocesan Guild at Bell Foundry Tower, Loughborough, Leicestershire, conducted by Walter P Whitehead
Sat 17 Sep 1949
Long Length on towerbells
13024 Bristol Surprise Major by the Midland Counties Guild at All Saints, Gilmorton, Leicestershire, conducted by Walter P Whitehead
Sat 4 Nov 1950
Long Length on towerbells
21600 Bristol Surprise Major by the Chester Diocesan Guild at St Chad, Over, Cheshire, conducted by John Worth
Sat 28 Jul 1973
Long Length on towerbells
10080 Bristol Surprise Major by the Leicester Diocesan Guild at Bell Foundry Tower, Loughborough, Leicestershire, conducted by Robert B Smith
Sat 15 Jun 1974
Long Length on towerbells
23296 Bristol Surprise Major by the Swansea & Brecon Diocesan Guild at St Meugan, Llanfeugan, Powys, conducted by Brian J Woodruffe
Sat 20 Dec 1975
Long Length on towerbells
10016 Bristol Surprise Major by the Dronoldore Society at Christ Church, Sheffield, Dore, South Yorkshire, conducted by Len Goodall
Sat 28 Dec 2002
Long Length on handbells
12000 Bristol Surprise Major by the Oxford Diocesan Guild at The White House, Aston Rowant, Oxfordshire, conducted by Bernard F L Groves
Sun 12 Sep 2010
Long Length on towerbells
12000 Bristol Surprise Major by the Bath & Wells Diocesan Association at Pig-le-Tower, Marston Bigot, Somerset, conducted by Brian J Woodruffe
Sat 22 Nov 2014
Long Length on towerbells
28512 Bristol Surprise Major by the Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild at Clock House Bells, Awbridge, Hampshire, conducted by Andrew B Mills
References
Collection
Chapter
Page
Reference
Chandler's 23 Surprise Major
Change Ringing
14
115
Change-Ringing on Handbells (Volume 2: Advanced Techniques)
11
Felstead Peals in a Method Database
Major
Bristol Surprise Major
Horton's 4 Surprise Major
Lincoln College Oxford repertoire
M B Davies 10 Spliced S Major
Method Attributions
Revd Edward Bankes James
Nottingham 8 Surprise Major
Pitman's 4 Surprise Major
Project Pickled Egg (Core 7)
294
9
Renaissance 10 Surprise Major
Smith's 23 Surprise Major
Spliced Bristol & Cambridge Surprise Major
1
Standard 8 Surprise Major
The Core Seven and Beyond
Library Details
Library
CCCBR
Notes
Method Id
19048
Created on
Thu 17-May-12 19:32
by
Method Importer
Modified on
Sat 26-Nov-22 15:14
by
Graham A C John
Published on
Thu 17-May-12 19:32