Ringing Whitley 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
Whitley 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 Reverse Bob and Primrose.
Awareness of other bells
Whitley 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 Whitley Surprise Minor
Whitley preserves the natural coursing order at the lead end which is valuable to the conductor for checking the bells working correctly at the calls.
The pivot bell (3rds Place Bell) leads, the coursing pair cross in 2-3 and the parted pair cross in 4-5
Both the coursing pair and the parted pair work in reverse coursing order:
The 3 plain leads are 2-3-5 rather than 5-3-2, and treble dodges up with the second bell of the coursing pair, and down with the first bell of the coursing pair.
Overall
There is no substitute for just ringing a lot.
Maybe 1,000 courses is just the start.
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