[r-t] Calling Positions

[edward martin]

On 10/16/06, Philip Earis <Earisp at rsc.org> wrote:
> I read this with the some bemusement. Probably the same kind of
> bemusement that I would have if the expert responsible for the country's
> fiscal policy announced that after a long think he was proposing the way
> to boost the economy was by going back to pounds, shillings and pence.
>
That might not be such a bad idea at that!
I have never got used to the new funny money, every time I come home
I'm like a stranger trying to deal with it but with my still fairly
thick Leicestershire accent, shop keepers assume that I've spent the
last 30 years in gaol (or is it jail nowadays?)
When they did decide to introduce metric, the cost of anything above a
quid didn't alter all that much at first but  under a pound it was
substantially altered. : Bus fare that used to be tuppence suddenly
became 8 p, the price of going to the gents on serious business used
to be one penny, but the 1 new p was so small that it wouldnt activate
the mechanism & the cost went up to (I think) 2 & a half new p (the
size of a real ha'pnee (how does one spell halfpenny the way it was
pronounced?
Whatever ....The economy received a considerable readjustment - NOT to
the benefit of the average beer drinker.

> I can see no justification for your suggestion.  I think it would cause
> confusion, with conferring any benefit. A calling position such as 7ths
> or 9ths is unambiguous; your system is not.

I  agree entirely  and actually prefer this system which is not at all
ambiguous - even calls at MWH can be ambiguous in say Bob Triples (
not that anyone ought to be ringing Bob Triples anyway, but that is
another argument)
 mew

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rchat [mailto:rchat at allton.org.uk]
> Sent: 14 October 2006 12:31
> To: ringing-theory at bellringers.net
> Subject: [r-t] Calling Positions
>
> Generally speaking, the calling positions M W and H signify coursing
> orders
> rather than specific place bells. We are now seeing more compositions on
> higher numbers that regularly use other positions, commonly 7ths in
> Royal,
> 9ths in Maximus and so on to turn the 7th in. We are also seeing more
> examples turning the 8th in as well.
>
> Would it be sensible to have headings that reflect the coursing order
> similar to MWH rather than defining each time in the rubric. I would
> like to
> suggest 'S' for calls affecting 3, 5 and 7 (as the Seven is involved)
> and
> 'E' for calls affecting 4, 6 and 8 (as Eight is involved.
>
> This would make the standard headings for higher numbers (for b group as
> example):
>
> 2345678  S  M  W  E  H
> ----------------------
>
> The only difficult I see with this is do we use V or S in Major?
>
> What do people think? Any other ideas?
>
> Richard Allton
>
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