Place Notation:
38-38.14.-12-38.14-14.58.16-16.58, 12, Bob 14
Diagram: London Surprise Major, Plain Lead, change-rows and grid.
Goals
Goals and learning approach
What you are trying to achieve needs to drive your approach.
Ringing by structure
Get going:.
Use whatever learning approach you like most to acquire enough knowledge to ring a plain course.
Ring a few and see what aspects of the method spring out, and study these.
Practice until courses and simple touches are ringable.
Performance Level
If you are wishing to achieve Quarters, or peals:
start with the "get going" as above, add in the bits that are natural to you.
Study the Double Place Bell sequences, and the lines.
Practice a lot.
Achieve some
performances .
Method Mastery Level
London Surprise Major is a method worthy of the work to achieve
mastery.
Learning
Learning London Surprise Major.
The Rules
London Surprise Major has an elegant structure but is best approached pair by pair, section by section, memorising the details.
The expression of a verbal rule cannot be converted to the physical ringing of the method by any normal mortal.
The Structure
Use of the grid is helped enormously by an ability to see the position of treble.
Double Blue Lines 1-2
Double Blue Lines
The Double Blue Lines give a useful overview of the method, adding context which is helpful for overcoming trips.
The Double Place Bell sequences are identical with St Clement's College Bob Major.
London Surprise Major, 1-2
Diagram: London Surprise Major, 1-2.
3-4
London Surprise Major, 3-4
Diagram: London Surprise Major, 3-4.
5-6
London Surprise Major, 5-6
Diagram: London Surprise Major, 5-6.
7-8
London Surprise Major, 7-8
Diagram: London Surprise Major, 7-8.
Touches
Touches of London Surprise Major.
Bobs-only touches of St Clement's College Bob Major can be rung to London S. Major
However, any ringer able to gain entry level skill of ringing London will need no explanation of the calls.
