Xero 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
78-78.1456-5678-123678-12-3458-34-78,12
Leadhead
f 14263857
Divisions
None
Default calls
Near
Method above
Xero Surprise Major
Method below
Wau Surprise Major
FCH Groups
BDa
Accepted extension path
Compositions designed for this method
1
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)
♫ 92
Performances
Date Type Details
Sun 2 Oct 1983 First inclusion in a peal on towerbells 8000 Half Lead Spliced Surprise Major (500m) by the Ely Diocesan Association at S Andrew the Great, Cambridge
Tue 26 May 2026 First quarter peal on towerbells 1344 Xero Surprise Major by the Hertford County Association at St Nicholas, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, conducted by Claire C Nicholson