[r-t] GTs

edward martin edward.w.martin at gmail.com
Thu Jun 21 07:29:09 UTC 2012


On 21 June 2012 07:00, Robin Woolley <robin at robinw.org.uk> wrote:
> Hi everyone
>
> As all those who know me will say, I do not ring Grandsire (n>5) at all. I
> have to call a qtr. of GT for the Torch relay so I shall ring the treble and
> call this one from the diary:
>
> 1260 By the bells 'before':
> 4D, 5D, 6, 7, 2, 3, 4, 5 for 1456723,
> 6D, 7D, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 for 1672345;
> 2D, 3D, 4, 5, 6, 7, 2, 3 for rounds.
> nD = "n with a double", i.e. bob with n before, then a bob at the next lead.
>
> It is easy to call. 'Before' means the bell making ordinary 3rds and this is
> the bell which the treble takes off leads. The part ends are interesting too
> as they are just the 'calling'.
>
> In ordinary notation, the touch starts PPPBB PPPPBB PPPB......
>
It is an interesting 3-part.
Out of interest, I worked out the q-sets for a skeleton 3-part to see
if there was owt there, but I found that the above quarter contains
plain leads that (to complete the q-sets) need to be bobbed; so I gave
up.

Good luck calling it
Eddie




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