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Samuel M Austin
From time to time, Sam will send me an article containing his views on
campanology, enjoy:
Contents:
Sam on Variations
Sam on Illegal Methods
Sam on Methods PII
Sam on Variations
According to Central Council rules, a variation
only applies to doubles. A variation is a plain doubles method with a different
call. The Friends of Derick Obergene Society believe that variations should be
allowed on any number of bells.
"Ah" you may say "but what about 8ths place calls in Bristol Royal? Is
that a variation?"
The answer is "no" because the effect of a variation is that it not only
changes the Place Notation at the lead end but before and/or after the lead end
as well, sometimes up to four changes before and/or after. An eighths place call
in Bristol Royal would only change the lead end notation but with a Grandsire
single in Plain Bob Triples, the notation would change before and after the lead
end too. (This variation is called April Day)
e.g.
notation from
7.1.7.1.7.1.7.1.7.1.7.1.7.127
to
7.1.7.1.7.1.7.1.7.1.7.1.3.123.3
"But isn't that just Plain Bob and Grandsire Spliced every time there is a
call?" you may ask. The answer is "Well Yes it is but it is more fun
ringing it as a variation."
One of the characteristics of Doubles variations is that each variation only has
one type of call. This does not extend to other stages quite as easily.
Take for example Southrepps Doubles. This is a doubles variation and consists of
Reverse Canterbury Doubles with Plain Bob Bobs. The problem arises when one
would like to ring Southrepps Minor. Unfortunately, there are no extents of
Reverse Canterbury Minor (Single Canterbury for the purists) with plain bob bobs
so this variation does not exist on six bells.
Some Minor variations that have been rung are
April Day Minor - Plain Bob with Grandsire Singles
Eynsham Minor - St Clements with Grandsire Singles (This is taken from
St Simons Doubles with Grandsire singles but as St Clements is a logical
extension of St Simons {without two hunters} the name can remain)
Kitchener Griffiths the name on everybody's lips Minor - Buxton Bob
Minor with Grandsire Singles
Third Please Gordon Minor - Buxton Bob Minor with Single Canterbury
Singles.
Take no notice of the Central Council. They are trying to abolish variations,
but like the government with fox hunting, they don't know what they are doing or
why they are doing it.
Aye
Sam Austin 19/10/04
Sam on Illegal Methods
This page
was created as a source of information of illegal methods.
Methods the Central Council do not recognize are not recorded in any form. This
page hopes to keep a record of all illegal methods rung and as or when the CC
changes it's mind, the original names of the methods can remain.
Singles
All singles methods are illegal. The reason being there are no "methods on 3"
Shipping Forecast Singles. Each change rung 3 times
123
213
231
213
123
132
312
321
231
213
123
132
312
321
231
321
312
132
123
Rung at Liverpool Cathedral June 2000
More to follow.
Minimus
The CC only recognises methods with 24changes per course (except little methods)
Kent and Oxford have 48changes. Each change repeated
Bristol - Good fun
Minor
Double Stromboli Bob 3.1.25.1.4.5, le 2 (135264);
Richard's False Course -4-3-3-23-4-1 (152346);
Great Grandsire -1-1-1, le 4 (123564).
Mersey Ferry Jump Change Minor
Mersey Ferry Treble Jump Minor:
(13)4.(35)-(64)3.(42)-
123456
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231465
324615
236451
326145
312654
136245
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Also Dixon's bob minor which is a rule based method.
Plain Hunt
14 made when bells two or four lead
12 made when treble leads.
The plain course is 64 changes long.
Phil Earis's site gives more info on these methods.
http://ringing.8bit.co.uk/
More to follow.
Aye
Sam
Sam on Methods Part II
Don Morrison wrote a couple of weeks ago in
the RW an article on quarter peal ringers.
The jist of it was that quarter peal ringers should be allowed to name a method
at any stage and not just minor and below. I'm surprised that no-one has passed
any comment on it. What do you all think?
My opinions are:
1. That a quarter peal is a good benchmark to be able to name a method but I
think that any band ringing a just a course of a method should also be able to
name it.
2. Spliced - In a touch of spliced, at least a course of the new method has to
be rung within the touch before naming it or else a quarter peal involving the
new method to name it.
When the ringers of the 17th Century were practicing Grandsire and Plain Bob,
they didn't ring a peal of it before naming them did they?
Also with triples and below, one has to ring an extent to name the method but
with major and above, a peal is considered a suitable benchmark for ringers.
More ringers ring quarter peals than peals (Morrison, D ) which is another
reason why ringers who don't ring peals should have the right to name methods of
triples and above.
I'm not trying to knock the work of the methods committee here, in fact I
appreciate and use frequently the provisional method names page so at least they
aren't disregarding non peal ringers completely.
Sam Austin, June 13th 2005
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