[r-t] 5042 Cambridge Maximus - avoiding a dodgy wrong finish

[Alan Reading]

RWL wrote:

It's for these reasons that I've preferred to finish with 52346 in recent
> years. In
> particular, Cornock's coda is sublime - the procession from 87654's to
> 876543's
> finishing with 56's at the finale. If you haven't tried this, do. Simple,
> effective
> yet brilliantly original.
>

Absolutely. I remember John Cornock telling me about that finish sometime in
early 2008 and wishing I'd thought of it myself!

Shortly after this John organised and rang in a peal using this finish
http://www.campanophile.com/view.aspx?65945. This may have been the first
time it was rung?

Cheers,
Alan



On 26 April 2011 23:03, Robert Lee <rlee5040 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> GACJ wrote:
>
>  >Nevertheless, most compositions of
> >Cambridge have a course with not much music somewhere, so why particularly
> >focus on lack of music in the last course?  In the case of the JWH
> >composition PJE rang, it is the second course that does not have much to
> >offer.
>
> >Also, how you compare these essentially fairly similar compositions comes
> >down to the subtlety of how you rate different musical features. For
> >example, I tend to look for 56 & 65 roll ups and the longer runs before
> the
> >4 bell runs. The JWH composition you rang, while having a high 4 bell run
> >count, doesn't do so well on the 65432s (6) or 765432s (1), or 56s/65s
> >(9/2). The JSW compositions PJE listed fare much better on this basis.
>
>  >While not claiming that finishing with a call at Wrong is a musical
> finish,
> >the overall  musical content of the compositions below are as good as the
> >best of the 7-8 fixed compositions PJE listed.
>
> There are enough 12 bell compositions now which avoid having one duffer
> course lurking in its entirety. By finishing with sW you can't avoid this -
>
> not only does 42356 offer nothing, the preceding half course (whatever it
> is)
> will also be devoid of any music.
>
> 52346 is an easier and more musical finish, and losing half the
> plain course (by necessity) is a worthwhile sacrifice in my opinion. I
> can't
> get too excited about the additional 765432's or 56 rollups of the plain
> course
> - familiarity breeds contempt.
>
> It's for these reasons that I've preferred to finish with 52346 in recent
> years. In
> particular, Cornock's coda is sublime - the procession from 87654's to
> 876543's
> finishing with 56's at the finale. If you haven't tried this, do. Simple,
> effective
> yet brilliantly original.
>
> Incidentally, I can't see what's wrong with the 2nd course of JWH's peal -
> 65432
> has the little bells coursing at the back (no individual rollups but a
> pleasing overall
> effect), followed by 54632 giving 7654's off the back.
>
>  Rob
>
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