[r-t] 8 spliced atw 7com

Robert Lee rlee5040 at yahoo.com
Thu Mar 29 12:50:23 UTC 2012


On Thu Mar 29 13:40:22, Simon Gay wrote:
>I don't think Roddy said how many bells he is interested in. I expect a
>composition of the desired form is more likely to exist for Maximus than
>for Major, especially if you use non-standard bobs so that you can just
>have a bob at the end of each course. >Simon On 29/03/2012 13:32, Robert Lee wrote:
>> 2p worth: I do follow MBD's argument and have no strong preference either way how >> people choose to define com. But there is a time and a place for the 'conductor's logic' - >> take Roddys one part peal of BLFG. I've seen it sent up as 113 or 112 com and >> this gives a handy indication of who's chickened out and called the split tenors >> section at the start rather than the end. >>>>In response to Roddy's original point, I'd be surprised if a peal with 7(/8) >>com was possible (for example, IIRC every in course tenors together course of London is >>false against the plain course of Superlative). And even if some bizarre selection of tenors >>parted courses did fit the bill, it'd likely be complete gash. >>Rob

Fair enough - I have no doubt it is easier for Maximus. I assumed he meant Major -  heaven help 
us if people are still ringing peals of the standard 8 spliced on 12.

Rob



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