[r-t] Extent of major / winking up

[Graham John]

Phil wrote:

 

>When winking up, each bell at the lower stage become a pair of bells at the
higher stage. This pair double dodge together (when their corresponding bell
at the lower stage would make a place), or do four changes of plain hunt
(when their corresponding bell at the lower stage would change places).

 

I have never been sure that the double dodge achieves the desired purpose,
because if you look at the rows you get the pairs inverted from one another.
We used to ring a similar concept at Manchester Uni lunchtime handbell
practices in the 1970s. We called it something like Cambridge Pair Jump
Maximus (CPJM), and it allowed non handbell ringers to ring handbells almost
straight away with brilliant musical effect - perfect for an impressive
dinner day touch. Every pair would reverse at handstroke and backstroke,
always ringing in an adjacent pair position i.e.

 

1234567890ET

43218765TE09 x

123478ET5690 36

4321TE870965 x

34ET12785690 14

TE4387210965 x

ET3412785690 12

 

This is the start of Cambridge Minor with pairs of bells effecting the
places. 

 

Winked takes this and converts it into a "legal" method by inserting plain
hunt to move the bells through adjacent places. However, the double dodge in
winked methods causes the pairs to be reversed. An alternative to the double
dodge is to make four blows, then every 4th row will correspond exactly to
the rows in CPJM.

 

The attached pdf's illustrate Cambridge Minor both "winked" and "slinked".

 

Graham

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