<div dir="ltr"><div><div>|That said, I do quite like your Half Bristol Bob Major too. It has a<br>
|certain appealing oomph!<br><br></div>It's just the 18hl/18lh version of Double Sandringham Bob Major.<br></div>In the same vein the 18hl/18lh (5-5.4-5-36-4-5.4-4.1,1) version of Lancashire Surprise Major is unrung. <br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 18 May 2017 at 13:39, Philip Earis <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pje24@cantab.net" target="_blank">pje24@cantab.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Richard Weeks:<br>
<span class="">"My first post. Sorry if the idea is old hat, and please excuse technical<br>
shortcomings as necessary..."<br>
<br>
</span>Welcome! Thanks for posting. Sometimes older ideas are indeed ripe for<br>
re-exploring.<br>
<br>
Treble dodging methods are divided into sections, ie what happens in each<br>
dodging position before the treble moves on the next dodging position.<br>
<br>
Most of the frequently rung treble dodging methods have symmetric<br>
sections, mostly of the form x a x, or b x b.<br>
<br>
For example Cambridge-over methods begin x3x, while London-over methods<br>
begin 3x3<br>
<br>
Your approach to compressing methods simply omits every alternate piece of<br>
notation. For right-place methods this is equivalent to removing all the<br>
cross changes, which kind of makes intuitive sense.<br>
<br>
What are you trying to achieve overall, though? Is it to have a<br>
concentrated plain method that shares characteristics with the treble<br>
dodging parent?<br>
<br>
If so, you algorithm is a bit questionable for wrong-place symmetric<br>
sections...reducing the 3x3 of London to a mere x is perhaps not the best<br>
way of doing this.<br>
<br>
Are you aware of Double Coslany Bob Major? This was first pealed in 1939,<br>
and is perhaps a more natural compression of Bristol Major:<br>
<br>
In Double Coslany, the right-place symmetric sections of Bristol major (eg<br>
x5x) are compressed to their dominant element (x), the wrong-place<br>
symmetric sections (eg 5x5) are compressed to their dominant element (5),<br>
and the notation when the treble moves between dodging positions is<br>
preserved. The result is:<br>
<br>
Bristol x5x4.5x5.36.4x4.5x4x1,8 [m]<br>
Double Coslany x4.5.36.4.5x1, 8 [m]<br>
<br>
Double Coslany is a gem of a method.<br>
<br>
That said, I do quite like your Half Bristol Bob Major too. It has a<br>
certain appealing oomph!<br>
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