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Treble B. Minor
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Tabular Index to the 147 Regular Treble Dodging Minor Methods.


  Treble Dodging Minor - Northumberland Surprise

Northumberland Surprise Minor

About Northumberland Surprise Minor

Northumberland above the treble is rung infrequently, as of March 2024 there were just 6 handbells lengths published on Bellboard.

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Structure

Northumberland is a half lead variant of Carlisle S. and having Ipswich S. below the treble.

Method Structure.

Place Notation:
34X36.14 X 12 X 36 X 14 X 16, 12, Bob 14, Single 1234.

Grid:

Northumberland Surprise Minor change rows with grids

Diagram: Northumberland Surprise Minor, plain lead, change-rows and grids.

Plain Course structure
Northumberland Surprise Minor has the interesting 1-2 section work of Carlisle S. but with a 1-6 half lead.


Learning

Learning Northumberland Surprise Minor.

Learn both Ipswich S. and Carlisle S. to Performance Level. Then combine the two methods.

The Structure

The Rules

Northumberland Surprise Minor - the rules
Ring Carlisle over Ipswich.


Double Blue Lines
1-2

Double Blue Lines

Northumberland Surprise Minor, 1-2

Northumberland Surprise Minor on 1-2

Diagram: Northumberland Surprise Minor, 1-2.


3-4

Northumberland Surprise Minor, 3-4

Northumberland Surprise Minor on 3-4

Diagram: Northumberland Surprise Minor, 3-4.


5-6

Northumberland Surprise Minor, 5-6

Northumberland Surprise Minor on 5-6

Diagram: Northumberland Surprise Minor, 5-6.


Artefacts

Observations

Double Bob / Cambridge Lead End Order.

The pivot bell (3rds place bell) makes fishtails in 5-6 either side of a simple plain lead at the half lead.


Ringing

Ringing Northumberland Surprise Minor.

Track the treble

Awareness of the position of the treble is a key skill for most bellringing methods, and a significant help in ringing Northumberland Surprise Minor. Some hints and tips for developing the skill are given in the techniques section.

Positional Awareness

Place Notation Elements

Northumberland only contains elements 34X36, 12, 14, 36, 16, all of which will already have been rung.

Place Bells, Pivot Leads, and Staging posts

The double place bell sequence are as Double Bob and Cambridge, but the value of this is obscured by the backward hunting across the Lead End.

Awareness of other bells

Northumberland Surprise is very fluid by nature, ring plenty of Ipswich to understand how it fits together under the treble. Focusing on the flying bells is a good way to start building an awareness of the work of the other bells.

Coursing Order in Northumberland Surprise Minor

Northumberland preserves the natural coursing order at the lead end which is valuable to the conductor for checking the bells working correctly at the calls.

Below the treble Northumberland is delightful in exhibiting pure natural coursing order at the half lead. The pivot bell leads, whilst the parted pair dodge cross in 2-3 and the coursing pair cross in 4-5.

After 2nds place bell has lead for the 2-3 cross-section, the bells lead in reverse natural coursing order viz: (After 2), 4, 2, 3 (half lead pivot), 5, 6; and then 5 goes back to lead to meet the treble.

Overall

There is no substitute for just ringing a lot.

Maybe 1,000 courses is just the start.


Calls

Bobs and Singles.

Bobs For the bells affected by the calls Northumberland feels a bit like Kent Treble Bob in that the 4ths places links together two pairs of places.

Singles. Singles!: you don't need this website to tell you what to do at singles in Northumberland S Minor.


Touches

Touches of Northumberland Surprise Minor

Use touches of Cambridge S..

Complib
has over a hundred touches for Northumberland Surprise Minor, but the vast majority are for spliced. .


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