Trinity Sunday Treble Bob Minor

About Trinity Sunday Treble Bob Minor - Complib

Kent T.B. above the treble is accompanied by the 5-6 Section of Morning Star Treble Bob, however Half Lead and Lead End differences make this into a big step up from ringing Kent.

Method Structure.

Place Notation:
34X34. 16 X 12 X 16 X 34 X 36, 12, Bob 14, Single 1234.

Grid:

Diagram: Trinity Sunday Treble Bob 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 Trinity Sunday 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 Trinity Sunday.

Learning Trinity Sunday.

The Structure

Learning Trinity Sunday Treble Bob Minor after Kent Treble Bob is deceptively easy, just move the 1-2 when Treble is dodging in 5-6 to 3-4, introduce 3rds at the Half Lead and 2nds over the treble at the lead end.

The Rules

Trinity Sunday Treble Bob Minor - the rules
Ring Kent Treble Bob unless:
When the Treble dodges in 5-6, 3rds and 4ths places are made, and the bells in 1-2 dodge.
When the treble lies behind, 3rds place is made and the bells in 1-2 dodge (again).
When the treble leads 2nds place is made, the bells in 3-4 continue to make Kent Places, while the bells 5-6 dodge for the Lead End.

Double Blue Lines

Trinity Sunday Treble Bob Minor, 1-2

Diagram: Trinity Sunday Treble Bob Minor, 1-2.

Trinity Sunday Treble Bob Minor, 3-4

Diagram: Trinity Sunday Treble Bob Minor, 3-4.

Trinity Sunday Treble Bob Minor, 5-6

Diagram: Trinity Sunday Treble Bob Minor, 5-6.

Artefacts

Note the double Kent places created by the 2nds place Lead End.
Note also the triple dodges associated with the Half Lead and the Lead End

Place Notation and Grid

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

Pictels

As with Kent Treble Bob Minor, the rules are a good approach to the method, and splitting into individual elements is of no value.

Ringing Trinity Sunday 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 Trinity Sunday Treble Bob Minor. Some hints and tips for developing the skill are given in the techniques section.

The close relationship between Kent Treble Bob and Trinity Sunday Treble Bob makes Trinity Sunday into a valuable method for tracking the treble.

Positional Awareness

Trinity Sunday Treble Bob Minor does not demand any increase in positional awareness.

Place Notation Elements

The method only contains 6 elements (36x36, X, 12, 16, 34, 36).

Place Bells, Pivot Leads, and Staging posts

The pivot bell is 4, hence the lead ends (Lead Heads for the purists) present themselves in Little Bob order.
For 3-4 pair, the pivot point is when they dodge together in 1-2 at the Half Lead.
For 5-6 pair, the pivot point is when they cross over in 4-5 at the Half Lead.

Awareness of other bells

Trinity Sunday Treble Bob is slightly harder than Kent Treble Bob; the loss of the slow bell does demand close awareness of the position of the treble. In return, the treble acts as the guide for structured counting of the three-pull dodges.

Coursing Order in Trinity Sunday Treble Bob.

Natural coursing order applies above the trebe.
Below the treble, the key bell is the pivot bell; either side of the pivot bell, the bells work in 1-2.
The coursing pair make thirds either side of the Half Lead.

Ringing the Method

The great benefit of ringing Trinity Sunday Treble Bob is that both the structure is easy to follow without lengthy study, and ringing the method is simplified by tracking the treble.

Bobs and Singles.

Bobs The plain lead end is 12 and the bob as a 14 feels like, and is identical in structure to a bob in Kent Treble Bob..

Singles Singles are rarely used in Treble Bob Minor.

Touches of Trinity Sunday Treble Bob Minor.

With Little Bob Lead End order, bobs only touches of Little Bob work fine but give triple the length.