[SPAM] [r-t] RE: Method Review

[Fielding Ian]

Nothing wrong with 45's - I would agree that 54's are pretty naff. 35's are also very good. I would go as far as to suggest that good ringing is always musical no matter what rows are being rung. Philip suggested that London and Glasgow are not great methods - thats true if you subjectively look for rows that conform to a narrow specification, but as people have said flow is important too, and you can't beat London for that (especially No. 3 Royal). Why look for runs of 4 bells in the plain course of a method - surely the point of a composition is to generate musical rows - Cassiobury might not be a great plain course, but look what you can get out of it with the right comp.
 
Anyway, to answer Sams question, in true "Sound of music" style, these are a few of my favourite rows on 8 bells apart from the obvious "roll up" ones.
 
24613578
12463578
21463578
64213578
61243578
 
61234578  )              These are even better on 12 bells with 7890et rolling up and the reverses of the front
16234578  )
 
35724618
46135728
 
rows with adjacent pairs coming together are good especially on handbells eg 78125634 12785634 78125634 etc.
 
Glint
 
ps. thought you might like this letter received by B&Q the other week.
 
A letter received by the B&Q customer services department

> Dear Sir/Madam

> My congratulations to you on getting a yacht to leave the UK on 28th 

> November 2004, sail 27,354 miles around the world and arrive back 72 

> days later.

> Could you please let me know when the kitchen I ordered 96 days ago 

> will be arriving from your warehouse 13 miles away?

> Yours Sincerley

> John Roberts

 

 

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