Ringing Morning Star Treble Bob 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 Morning Star Treble Bob Minor.
Some hints and tips for developing the skill are given in the
techniques
section.
The close relationship between Oxford Treble Bob and Morning Star Treble Bob makes Morning Star into a valuable method for tracking the treble.
Positional Awareness
Morning Star Treble Bob Minor does not demand any increase in positional awareness.
Place Notation Elements
The method only contains 5 elements (X, 12, 16, 34), all of which will already have been rung.
Place Bells, Pivot Leads, and Staging posts
The pivot bell is 6, hence the lead ends (Lead Heads for the purists) present themselves in Plain Bob order.
For 3-4 pair, the pivot point is when they cross over in 4-5 at the Half Lead.
For 5-6 pair, the pivot point is when they cross over in 2-3 at the Half Lead.
Awareness of other bells
Whilst Morning Star Treble Bob is essentially no harder than Oxford Treble Bob, the loss of the slow bell does demand close awareness of the position of the treble.
Coursing Order in Morning Star Treble Bob.
The application of coursing order is more complex than in Oxford.
However, the aspiring conductor will note that the pair reversals of Oxford still apply, that coursing pairs making the 3-4 places when Treble is in 5-6,
Ringing the Method
The great benefit of ringing Morning Star Treble Bob is that both the structure is easy to follow, and without lengthy study, the method demands that the ringers follow the treble.
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