Group e

2nds Place Minor Methods
Lead End: 164523

Methods:

• Little Bob

Further Group e method, but not yet documented on this site:

• Hereward Bob Minor

Introduction

With pivot bell being place no 4, Little Bob has an interesting calling position sequence, and some short touches are available. For a true quarter peal length Little Bob does not present sufficient change rows (maximum is 480), so splicing with another minor method is needed.

However, the real value in Little Bob is two-fold, it gives opportunity to ring by watching the treble position, and practise in picking changing patterns of hunting owing to the disruptive affect of the 4^ths place half lead.

The compositions all work for any method in Group e, but a touch of methods such as Hereward Bob, where treble runs to 6ths place, will be 50% longer than if called for Little Bob..

Short touches can be called by calling pattern, beyond that the sixth is commonly used as an Observation Bell.:

Tenor - Observation Bell Positions and Work

List of touches

• Short touches - Calling pattern basis
• 1: 16 Little Bob Minor BB
• 2: 32 Little Bob Minor BSBS
• 3: 48 Little Bob Minor BPBPBP
• 4: 96 Little Bob Minor BPBPBS x 2

• Touches - by Observation bell
• 5: 120 Little Bob Minor WWW
• 6: 240 Little Bob Minor WSHWW x 2
• 7: 240 Little Bob Minor SWWW x 2
• 8: 120 Little Bob Minor HHH
• 9: 240 Little Bob Minor HHSH x 2
• 10: 80 Little Bob Minor WHWH
• 11: 160 Little Bob Minor WHWSH x 2
• 12: 160 Little Bob Minor SWHW x 2
• 13: 240 Little Bob Minor WHW x 3
• 14: 480 Little Bob Minor WHW WHW WHW SH x 2
• 15: 480 Little Bob Minor SWHW WHW WHW x 2
• 16: 160 Little Bob Minor W SW W SW
• 17: 480 Little Bob Minor W SW W SW H X 3
• 18: 360 Little Bob Minor W SW W SW HH W SW WS W H
• 19: 480 Little Bob Minor SW W SW W H SH H X 2
• 20: 560 Spliced Plain & Little Bob Minor

Notes:
The touch has 320 changes Little Bob and 240 Plain Bob, 1 change of method. Combine with a 720 to give quarter peal length with minimum repetition.