Mendip Treble Bob Minor

About Mendip Treble Bob Minor

Mendip Treble Bob Minor is a member of the Cotswold group of methods, a class which has backward hunting above the treble.

3rds place bell is the pivot bell and with the 2nds place lead end, the calling sequence for 6ths observation is as per Double Bob.

Method Structure.

Place Notation:
36X34.16 X 12 X 16 X 14 X 56, 12, Bob 14, Single 1234.

Grid:

Diagram: Mendip Treble Bob Minor, plain lead, change-rows and grid.

Plain Course structure
This method has Double Bob Lead End order.

Goals and learning approach

What you are trying to achieve needs to drive your approach.

Ringing by structure

If you are ringing Burton 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 Mendip.

Learning Mendip Treble Bob Minor.

The Structure

Learning Mendip Treble Bob Minor after Rochester and Burton Treble Bob is an interesting challenge, the difficulties lie with the 1-2 section which needs to be learned in detail. However, if Cotswold has already been runbg, Mendip can be approached as a Half Lead variant.

The Rules

Mendip is too complex to be defined in a simple rule.

Double Blue Lines

Mendip Treble Bob Minor, 1-2

Diagram: Mendip Treble Bob Minor, 1-2.

Mendip Treble Bob Minor, 3-4

Diagram: Mendip Treble Bob Minor, 3-4.

Mendip Treble Bob Minor, 5-6

Diagram: Mendip Treble Bob Minor, 5-6.

Artefacts

Place Notation and Grid

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

Pictels

Splitting into individual elements is of no value.

Ringing Mendip 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 dodge together in Treble Bob Minor. Some hints and tips for developing the skill are given in the techniques section.

Positional Awareness

Mendip Treble Bob Minor aids the development of awareness of turning round in 4ths uder the treble.

Place Notation Elements

The method contains 5 elements (36X24, 12, 14, 16), of which 36x34 is new unless Cotswold has been learned.

Double Place Bells

1-2, 1-6, 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, 1-2
3-4, 4-5, 5-2, 2-6, 6-3, 3-4
6-5, 3-2, 4-6, 5-3, 2-4, 6-5
NB: This sequence is also found in Double Bob Minor.

Pivot Leads

3rds Place Bell is the pivot bell.

For 3-4 pair, the pivot point is when they dodge together in 3-4.
For 5-6 pair, the pivot point is when they dodge together in 1-2.

Staging posts (a.k.a. Handrails)

Tricky above the treble, fluid below, and there is little time to rest.

Awareness of other bells

Coursing Order in Mendip Treble Bob Minor

Natural coursing order is preserved in 1-2-3-4 when treble is in 5-6, with pure coursing order at the Half Lead..

Ringing the Method

The tricky nature of the work above the treble combined with the fluidity below demands high levels of concentration.

Bobs and Singles.

Bobs replace the 2nds place at the Lead End with 4ths. This causes the bell that has just made point 6ths to make the bob and become 4ths place bell.

Singles Singles are rarely used in Mendip Treble Bob Minor.

Touches of Mendip Treble Bob Minor.

Bobs only touches of Double Bob will work for Mendip TB.