[r-t] The most uninteresting peal composition?

[Don Morrison]

On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 6:07 AM, Graham John <graham at changeringing.co.uk> wrote:
> Ignoring tenors-together, Cambridge can yield very long compositions
> (10,000+) using a six lead course with 5 and 8 fixed, but with each always
> making fourths to miss out 3rds place bell.

Or you can easily get  normal peal lengths that are
pseudo-tenors-together by using fifths and fourths in every course,
the 7 and 8 never ringing third's place bell. For example,

5,184 Cambridge Surprise Major
23456  V  B  M  W  F  H
_______________________
34526  s  s        s
62534  -           -  s
24563  s           -  -
26354  -     -     -  s
25634  -  s  -     s
23465  -     -     -  s
42635  -  s  -  s  s  -
42563  s  s  -     -
42356  s     -     -  s
_______________________
Repeat twice.
Contains 18 5678s off the front, 12 each 8765s and 8765s off the
front, kings and back rounds.




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