Treble Dodging Minor

The work of the treble - Treble Bob Hunting

Treble Dodging methods are treble dominated just as they are in Plain methods, however, the treble dodges in each pair of places every time it hunts in each direction. Writing out the movement of the treble amongst the other bells we have:

Diagram: 6t.00 Treble Bob Hunting, change-rows and grid.

Unlike plain hunting, if all the bells followed the path of the treble from their starting positions, each row would be repeated (as shown above), which defeats the object of change ringing. To avoid repetition, places are made by the other bells as called for in the relevant method.

Treble Dodging Methods - further divisions

This dodging path for the treble is the basis of the Treble Bob class of methods; it gives rise to three sub-classes of method, pure Treble Bob, Delight, and Surprise.

In pure Treble Bob Methods, 1st and 6th places are made whenever the treble is hunting between the dodging positions. In 3rds place Delight, 3rds place is made when the treble hunts between 4th and 5th places, and in 4ths place Delight, 4ths is made when the treble hunts between 2nds and 3rds. In Surprise methods, the places for 3rds and 4ths place Delight are combined.

Examples (with method-type definitive places highlighted):

Oxford Treble Bob Minor: -34-16-12-16-12-16,16
Woodbine Delight Minor: -34-14-12-16-12-16,16 (4ths place Delight)
Morning Exercise Delight Minor: -34-16-12-36-14-56,16 (3rds place Delight)
Cambridge Surprise Minor: -36-14-12-36-14-56,12

In regular methods, the penultimate place is never made unless the treble is lying behind, hence the places made when the treble is dodging in 3-4 is always -12-.

The sub-categories are explored on the following pages:.

• Pure Treble Bob
• Delight
• Surprise

Right Place Regular Treble Dodging Minor Methods.

"Regular" means having: Plain Bob Lead heads, no 5ths apart from the half lead, no more than 2 blows in any one place. Treble Bob, and Surprise, methods are shown below purely for interest.

Method names are linked either to the description of the method on this site, or to Complib

Regular Treble Dodging Minor Methods - Tables.

Pure Treble Bob Methods

Fourths Place Delight Methods

Thirds Place Delight Methods

Surprise Methods

All (Regular) Treble Dodging Methods in one table