Edinburgh Delight Minor

About Edinburgh Delight Minor

Edinburgh is a member of the group of methods having pure Kent Treble Bob above the treble.

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

• Pembroke Delight Minor
• Edinburgh Delight Minor (Ibid)
• Beverley Surprise Minor
• Berwick Surprise Minor
• Chester Surprise Minor

At of September 2025 Bellboard had 3 performances that included Edinburgh Delight Minor.

Method Structure.

Place Notation:
34X34. 16 X 12 X 36 .14X34. 56, 16, Bob 14, Single 1456.

Grid:

Diagram: Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh. But this is a valuable method for developing the ability to associate structure with the treble's position, whilst also developing the skill of continuously following the coursing order.

Learning Edinburgh Delight Minor.

The Rules

Assuming that Kent TB and Beverley S have already been learned):

Edinburgh Delight Minor - the rules:
Ring Kent Treble Bob Minor above the Treble and Bevrely Surprise below.

Edinburgh Delight Minor - alternative rules:
Ring Pembroke Delight Minor with a 6ths place Lead End.

The Structure

Use of the grid is helped enormously by an ability to see the position of treble. With 3rds place bell as the pivot bell, and 6ths place Lead End, the course structure is as per Primrose Surprise.

Double Blue Lines

The Double Blue Lines give a useful overview of the method, adding context which is helpful for overcoming trips.

Edinburgh Delight Minor, 1-2

Diagram: Edinburgh Delight Minor, 1-2.

Edinburgh Delight Minor, 3-4

Diagram: Edinburgh Delight Minor, 3-4.

Edinburgh Delight Minor, 5-6

Diagram: Edinburgh Delight Minor, 5-6.

Artefacts

The Blue Line features worth noting are:
1-2 dodging and 3-4 places of the pivot lead.

Place Notation and Grid

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

Pictels

Section by Section

(To follow once more practise has been achieved).

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

Positional Awareness

Kent TB above the treble is of some assistance.

Place Notation Elements

The method contains 34X34, X, 36, 12 .14x34. 16, 56.

Place Bells, Pivot Leads, and Handrails.

135264 LE 16: Reverse Bob; Nelson T.B.; Primrose Surprise

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

3rds place bell is the pivot bell.

Awareness of other bells

Coursing Order in Edinburgh Delight Minor

• Natural Coursing Order is well preserved throughout.

Ringing the Method

Bobs and Singles.

As per Kent TB.

Touches of Edinburgh Delight Minor.

6ths place lead end 135264 is unusual, with 6th observation, the calling positions are 4ths, Out, In, Home, Wrong.