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Treble B. Minor
Index

Table Sections

Tabular Index to the 147 Regular Treble Dodging Minor Methods.


  Treble Dodging Minor - Sandiacre Surprise

Sandiacre Surprise Minor

About Sandiacre Surprise Minor

Sandiacre is simply Carlisle S. over Bourne S.

In Sandiacre Surprise, the fluid, tricksy natue of Carlisle Surprise above the treble is complemented by the stable long dodging and crankshaft of Bourne Surprise below the treble.

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Structure

Method Structure.

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

Grid:

Sandiacre Surprise Minor change rows with grids

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

Plain Course structure
Sandiacre Surprise Minor has the interesting 1-2 section work of Carlisle S. but the Bourne S. below calls for a 3rds place half lead. This is made by 5ths place bell and generates a lead end of 142635. Calling positions using tenor observation are as per St Clement's College Bob / London Surprise, viz: In, Out, 4ths, Wrong, Home.


Learning

Learning Sandiacre Surprise Minor.

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

The Structure

The Rules

Sandiacre Surprise Minor - the rules
Ring Carlisle over Bourne.


Double Blue Lines
1-2

Double Blue Lines

Sandiacre Surprise Minor, 1-2

Sandiacre Surprise Minor on 1-2

Diagram: Sandiacre Surprise Minor, 1-2.


3-4

Sandiacre Surprise Minor, 3-4

Sandiacre Surprise Minor on 3-4

Diagram: Sandiacre Surprise Minor, 3-4.


5-6

Sandiacre Surprise Minor, 5-6

Sandiacre Surprise Minor on 5-6

Diagram: Sandiacre Surprise Minor, 5-6.


Artefacts

Observations

St Clement's College Bob / London S Lead End Order.

The pivot bell (5ths place bell) makes point 6ths either side of the crankshaft.


Ringing

Ringing Sandiacre 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 Sandiacre Surprise Minor. Some hints and tips for developing the skill are given in the techniques section.

Positional Awareness

Place Notation Elements

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

Place Bells, Pivot Leads, and Staging posts

The double place bell sequence are as St Clement's College Bob / London Surprise, but the value of this is obscured by the backward hunting across the Lead End.

Awareness of other bells

The static nature of "Bourne below" makes Sandiacre one of the easier Carlisle group methods, possibly even a stepping stone into the group.

Coursing Order in Sandiacre Surprise Minor

Sandiacre 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 work below the treble is brilliant. 2nds place bell is joined by its after bell (4ths place bell) for the long frontwork, but beware that the dodging is counter-intuitive (2nds place bell dodges down). So the pivot bell makes 3rds whilst the coursing pair dodge in 1-2, and the parted pair cross over in 4-5 at the half lead. Therefore the treble dodges 5-6 up with the bell before the pivot bell, and 5-6 down with the bell after the pivot bell.

The crankshaft has two places where the place notation is X34X (5-6 sections), the bells making the places with the pivot bell are its afterbell and its forebell in the coursing order.

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 Sandiacre 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 Sandiacre S Minor.


Touches

Touches of Sandiacre Surprise Minor

Use touches of London S.

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


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