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3.5
Glasgow 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
36-56.14.58-58.36-14-38.16-16.38,18
Leadhead
g 13527486
Divisions
None
Default calls
Near
Method above
Glasgow Surprise Major
Method below
Glasgow Surprise Major
FCH Groups
BEcd
Accepted extension path
Compositions designed for this method
1561
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)
♫ 48
Performances
Date
Type
Details
Sat 28 Dec 1946
First peal on towerbells
5152 Glasgow Surprise Major by the Kent County Association at All Saints, Frindsbury, Kent, conducted by John E Spice
Sat 25 Nov 1967
LongLength on towerbells
11872 Glasgow Surprise Major by the St Martin's Guild at St Bartholomew, Edgbaston, West Midlands, conducted by Roderick W Pipe
Sat 6 Jan 1968
LongLength on towerbells
12096 Glasgow Surprise Major by the Lancashire Association at St James, Accrington, Lancashire, conducted by Richard J Parker
Thu 21 Mar 1968
First peal on handbells
Glasgow Surprise Major by the Hertford County Association at St Albans, Herts
Wed 6 Jan 1988
LongLength on towerbells
12096 Glasgow Surprise Major by the St Martin's Guild at St Bartholomew, Edgbaston, West Midlands, conducted by Paul Needham
Sat 12 May 2012
LongLength on towerbells
14688 Glasgow Surprise Major by the Saint James' Guild at Christchurch, Spitalfields, Greater London, conducted by David C Brown
Wed 27 May 2020
First inclusion in a quarter peal on keyboards
1504 Spliced Surprise Major (23m) at Bosham & Portsmouth, Ringing Room, West Sussex & Hampshire, conducted by Benjamin J Carey
Sat 13 Sept 2025
LongLength on towerbells
10080 Glasgow Surprise Major by the Peterborough Diocesan Guild at St Andrew, Whilton, Northamptonshire, conducted by Richard J Angrave