Burnaby Delight Minor

About Burnaby Delight Minor

Burnaby Delight Minor is Cambridge Surprise above the treble and pre-dominantly hunting below, but with a 3rds place half lead.

6ths place bell is the pivot bell and with the 2nds place lead end, the calling sequence for 6ths observation is as per Plain Bob.

Burnaby Delight Minor is one of a group of 6 Treble Dodging methods all having identical work below the treble. The structure below the treble is unique to the group

Method Structure.

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

Grid:

Diagram: Burnaby 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

If you are ringing any method to gain the skill of associating method structure with the work of the treble (valid goal), DO NOT learn the lines, learn the structure, ring, make mistakes and learn from them. Track-the Treble skills, Place Notation skills, coursing order skills can all be developed in this manner

Performance Level

If you are wishing to achieve 720s, Quarters, or peals:
start with the structural ringing as above, add in the bits that are natural to you.
Study 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 Burnaby. However, this is a simple variation on a standard methods, and mastery should be considered.

Learning Burnaby Delight Minor.

The Structure

Burnaby Delight Minor is one of a group of 6 Treble Dodging methods all having identical work below the treble. The structure below the treble is unique to the group, and is trickily fluid, and deserves careful study.

The Rules

Burnaby Delight Minor - the rules
Ring Cambridge Surprise but change 36 to 16 at the 4-5 cross-section together with a 3rds place half lead.

Double Blue Lines

Burnaby Delight Minor, 1-2

Diagram: Burnaby Delight Minor, 1-2.

Burnaby Delight Minor, 3-4

Diagram: Burnaby Delight Minor, 3-4.

Burnaby Delight Minor, 5-6

Diagram: Burnaby Delight Minor, 5-6.

Artefacts

The key to this method is the 4ths-3rds-4ths of the pivot bell. The 4ths place is part of the X14X 5-6 section, whereas the 3rds is the half lead pivot place.

Place Notation and Grid

The pictorial grid emphasises the structure of the method better than the Place Notation.

Pictels

Pictels are extensively used in the decription of Cambridge S Minor, which is the work above the treble for Burnaby.

Ringing Burnaby Delight Minor.

Track the treble

Awareness of the position of the treble is a key skill for most bellringing methods, and is the major key to ringing Burnaby Delight Minor. Some hints and tips for developing the skill are given in the techniques section.

Positional Awareness

Burnaby Delight Minor is very fluid below the treble, and accurately striking the 4ths-3rds=4ths is very significant.

Place Notation Elements

The method only contains 6 elements (X, 14, 36, 16, 12), all of which will already have been rung.

Place Bells, Pivot Leads, and Staging posts

135264 LE 12: Plain Bob; Morning Star T.B.; Westminster S.

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

For 5-6 pair, the pivot point is when they cross over in 4-5 at the Half Lead.
For 3-4 pair, the pivot point is when the pair dodges together in 1-2 at the half lead.

Awareness of other bells

Most ringers on encountering Burnaby Delight find it quite tricky to ring well. Structurally the method is "merely" a combination of standard methods, in practice it feels very different.

Coursing Order in Burnaby Delight Minor

Burnaby Delight exhibits natural coursing order above the treble.
There are 6 points in the plain course where one bell hunts between lead and lie, of these 2nds PB and 3rds PB pass the other 4 working bells almost in coursing order.

Ringing the Method

Burnaby Delight Minor makes excellent use of the skill of following the treble in combination with the structural variation on Cambridge S.

Bobs and Singles.

Bobs replace the 2nds place at the Lead End with 4ths. This causes the bell that has just made 3rds to make the bob, make thirds once more.

Singles Singles are rarely used in Burnaby Delight Minor.

Touches of Burnaby Delight Minor.

6ths place bell is the pivot bell, and hence the first lead end is 135264 giving calling positions as per Plain Bob: