College Bob IV Delight Minor

About College Bob IV Delight Minor

College Bob IV Delight is a member of the group of methods having Old Oxford Delight / Westminster Surprise) above the treble; below the treble, the structure produces a fairly easy treble bob method.

The 5ths place half lead makes 5 the pivot bell, and hence Lead End 142635, and St. Clement's College Bob / London S Lead End order.

College Bob IV Delight Minor is one of a group of 5 Treble Dodging methods all having identical work below the treble.

• College Exercise Treble Bob Minor
• London Scholars' Pleasure Treble Bob Minor
• College Bob IV Delight Minor (Ibid) (Ibid)
• St Albans Delight Minor
• Vale Royal Delight Minor

As of June 2025 there were just 9 performances Bob IV Delight Minor on handbells.

Method Structure.

Place Notation:
X 34 X 14 X 12 X 16 X 34 X 56, LE 12, Bob 14, Single 1234.

Grid:

Diagram: College Bob IV Delight Minor, plain lead, change-rows and grid.

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 720s, 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

It is unusual for a band to wish to achieve mastery in a method like College Bob IV Delight Minor, however, this is a valuable stepping stone towards many methods, and the disciplines leading to Mastery are worth pursuing.

Learning College Bob IV Delight Minor.

The Rules

College Bob IV Delight Minor - the rules
Ring Morning Star Treble Bob with 14 at the 2-3 cross-section, and 5ths at the Half Lead.

The Structure

The simple regularity of the Oxford places in the structure is only disturbed by the 1-4 hunting box at the 2-3 cross-section.

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 Minor and London Surprise Minor.

College Bob IV Delight Minor, 1-2

Diagram: College Bob IV Delight Minor, 1-2.

College Bob IV Delight Minor, 3-4

Diagram: College Bob IV Delight Minor, 3-4.

College Bob IV Delight Minor, 5-6

Diagram: College Bob IV Delight Minor, 5-6.

Artefacts

The Blue Line features worth noting is the 7-pull dodge.
Place bells 5 and 3 dodge together in 5-6 starting as the treble dodges 3-4 down, and finishing as the treble dodges 3-4 up.
The 3rds Place Bell has become 5ths place bell at the last Lead End, it goes on to dodging with the treble in 5-6, making 5ths, dodge up with the treble, ie and a further 7 pull dodge during which it becomes 6ths place bell.

Place Notation and Grid

The choice here is personal preference. The author’s preference is the visual nature of the grid.

Pictels

Note the Oxford-like places (X 34 X ):
1 - Each time the Treble dodges in 1-2
2 - Each time the Treble dodges in 5-6.

Section by Section

(To follow once more practise has been achieved).

Ringing College Bob IV Delight 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 College Bob IV Delight Minor. Some hints and tips for developing the skill are given in the techniques section.

Awareness of the position of the treble is useful as a method structure guide.
The key to the method is the treble dodging in 3-4.

Awareness of the position of the treble is useful as a structured counting technique. The seven-pull dodge is counted as: Section, cross-section, section, Lead End, section, cross-section, section. The Half Lead three-pull dodge is counted as: section, Half Lead, section.

Positional Awareness

This is a fairly static, friendly method, Location 3rds and 4ths can be tricky in fluid methods but should pose no extra challenge here.

Place Notation Elements

The method uses X, 12, 14, 16, 34, 56, but not 36.

Place Bells, Pivot Leads, and Staging posts

142635 LE 12: St Clement's College Bob; Rochester T.B.; London S

1-2:1-2, 1-3, 1-5, 1-6, 1-4, 1-2
3-4:3-4, 5-2, 6-3, 4-5, 2-6, 3-4
5-6:6-5, 4-6, 2-4, 3-2, 5-3, 6-5

5ths place bell is the pivot bell, see notes above.
The pivot lead for 3-4 is when they dodge together in 3-4 at the Half Lead.
The pivot lead for 5-6 is when they dodge together in 1-2 at the Half Lead.

The 7 pull dodging will be seen as a staging post (aka handrail), but take care over up versus down.

Awareness of other bells

The 4ths place cross-section and 2nds place Lead End, along with Oxford places, create the static nature of the method above the treble. Take care to ring the Oxford Places accurately.

Coursing Order in College Bob IV Delight Minor

Natural Coursing Order is preserved by the “Westminster above” nature of the work above the treble. Natural Coursing Order is well supported below the treble; starting with the plain lead of 3rds place bell, the bells lead in natural coursing order until 6ths place bell leads.

Ringing the Method

Just enjoy it, it’s easier than expected because of so much natural coursing order and static work in 5-6.

Bobs and Singles.

Bobs replace the 2nds place at the Lead End with 4ths as per Plain Bob.

Touches of College Bob IV Delight Minor.

Use bobs-only touches of St. Clement's College Bob.