Ringing Nelson 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 Nelson Treble Bob Minor.
Some hints and tips for developing the skill are given in the
techniques
section.
Positional Awareness
Nelson Treble Bob Minor is highly fluid, extensive practice is needed if this is the first Chadkirk Group method to be learned.
Place Notation Elements
The method only contains 5 elements (X, 36, 16, 12), all of which will already have been rung.
Place Bells, Pivot Leads, and Staging posts
For 3-4 pair, the pivot point is when the pair dodges together in 1-2, a sort of slow work hand-over.
For 5-6 pair, the pivot point is when they cross over in 4-5 at the Half Lead.
Awareness of other bells
Most ringers on encountering Nelson Treble Bob find it quite tricky to ring well, at least to begin with, and have little spare mental capacity for considering other bells.
Coursing Order in Nelson Treble Bob Minor
As with Chadkirk TB, Nelson TB exhibits glimpses of natural coursing order.
An experienced ringer will pick out the parts that are valuable to them, others should concentrate on features that are more helpful
Ringing the Method
Nelson Treble Bob Minor makes excellent use of the skill of following the treble in combination with the structural variation on Oxford TB.
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