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Compositions of Bristol Surprise Major

Scoring formula:
I award my peals a 'points' score using the following formula:
Total CRU’s [144 max]
+ Total 4bell Lbru’s
+ Total 5bell Lbru’s [x2]
+ 5 points each of Queens, Tittums, Whittingtons, Kings
+ total 2468’s at the back [24 max]

So, potential maximum is 490+

Scores:
Peal 1: 352
Peal 2: 359
Peal 3: 327
Peal 4: 306
Peal 5: 332
Peal 6: 321
Peal 7: 323
Peal 8: 365
Peal 9: 369
Peal 10: 338
Peal 11: 342
Peal 12: 355
Peal 13: 436
Peal 14: 410
Peal 15: 395

DG Hull 5088 No1: 347
SCW Hutchieson 5088 3part: 404

Using the same method of scoring, I analysed two excellent peals, one by Stuart Hutchieson, and one by David Hull, in order to give some kind of gauge for my peals.

My highest scoring peal of Bristol to date is No 13, a 5122 which has a decent number of cru's [118], but has a large number of little bell roll ups.

In time, I am hoping to develop a more accurate way of scoring, including rollups on the front, 7468's, 7568's, 8765's etc - because my current formula for scoring peals of Bristol is partially flawed. Firstly it takes in to account 4 and 5 consecutive little bell roll ups, but, for instance if we had 100 4b lbru, and 50 5b lbru, there are only 50 4b lbru that are individual from the 5b lbru's. Consequently my formula awards 200 'points' for this little bell music - when there are only 100 individual little bell roll ups - 50 5 bell, and 50 4 bell. Another flaw of my formula is that it doesn't take in to account other typically split tenors musical changes such as 7468's, 7568's, 8765's at the back etc. Click here to view a revised draft of a formula for scoring peals of Bristol.

However, the scores above still give a fair idea of the quality of the music in the peals below, compared to peals by other composers.