Glasgow 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
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
1439
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 Glasgow Surprise Major at Frindsbury by the Kent County Association at Frindsbury
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