Belfast 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
34-58.14-12-38.12-14.38.16-12.38,18
Leadhead
m 14263857
Divisions
None
Default calls
Near
Method above
Belfast Surprise Major
Method below
Belfast Surprise Major
FCH Groups
BDEc
Accepted extension path
EP3-1DE/6GH , EP4-2/12:4:6
Compositions designed for this method
971
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)
♫ 47
Performances
Date Type Details
Sat 11 Nov 1967 First peal on towerbells 5184 Belfast Surprise Major by the Hertford County Association at All Saints, Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, conducted by Roger Baldwin
Sat 2 Sept 1978 First peal on handbells Belfast Surprise Major by the Ancient Society of College Youths at Farnham, Surrey
Sun 9 Nov 2003 LongLength on towerbells 14976 Belfast Surprise Major by the Bath & Wells Diocesan Association at Pig-le-Tower, Marston Bigot, Somerset, conducted by Brian J Woodruffe
Mon 22 Jun 2020 First quarter peal on keyboards 1344 Belfast Surprise Major by the Bristol Society at Ringing Room, UK, conducted by Julian O Howes (Bristol)