[r-t] 1-part tenors together atw compositions of 23-spliced major

Tue Dec 1 15:40:54 UTC 2015

Mark appears to have modestly neglected to state another property his peal
has: it is also each lead different.

On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 10:18 AM Philip Earis <pje24 at cantab.net> wrote:

> MBD: "Computers travel back in time to solve problems from the Restoration.
> (Sort of)"
>
> Inspired as ever by Marky's wisdom, I've made my way to his website and
> stumbled across an interesting page with a 1-part tenors together
> composition of 23-spliced major, along with the usual brief and erudite
> composer's notes (I get excited just reading sentences like "By now I had
> spent a couple of months in feverish thought, problem-solving and software
> development").
>
> The webpage is http://bronze-age.com/spliced/major-23spliced.html , and
> I've
> also copied the composition below.
>
> Has this been discussed on here before?  I can't immediately recall.  I'm
> glad to see this and it's worth highlighting in any case.
>
> I'm sure the composition will feel rather different, and indeed trickier,
> to
> ring than the usual 7-part construction of 23-spliced compositions.
>
> It would be good to hear Mark's view on the possible future for this type
> of
> composition.  Given the considerable effort that went into finding this,
> does he feel it will be a stand-alone curiosity composition, or does he
> feel
> there's broad scope for development in this area? And if so, along what
> lines? In Mark's composition there is a bit of clustering of leadhead
> groups: only 7 of the 12 possible groups are represented, and indeed 16 of
> the 23 methods are from leadhead groups a,b,f. Perhaps this is an avenue to
> target?
>
> Just to put the composition into context, I don't think Mark's claim at the
> top of the page "The composition below is believed to be the first
> published
> example of a one-part, tenors-together, ATW peal of 23 Spliced Surprise
> Major" is completely correct.  Even leaving aside Colin Wyld's composition
> (RW 1980-575, also see http://www.cantabgold.net/users/pje24/wyld24.pdf)
> which I thinkis the pioneer in this area but I suppose as 24-spliced (or a
> multi-part construction if not calling) doesn't disprove MBD's claim, there
> is also at least a 2005 composition by Richard Smith, in whole courses (see
> number 9 on
> http://wiki.changeringing.co.uk/Compositions_of_the_Decade_5_-_Major)
> which
> predates MBD's.
>
>
> ===
> 5152 23-Spliced Surprise Major
> Composed by Mark B Davies (no.5)
>
> 224 each Abaia, Basilisk, Cerberus, Djinn, Ettin, Fenrir, Gorgon, Hydra,
> Incubus, Kraken, Lessness, Marshwiggle, Naiad, Ouroboros, Panserbjørn, Roc,
> Sphinx, Titan, Ungoliant, Valkyrie, Wyvern, Yeti and Zombie S Major; ATW,
> 157 COM.
>
> 23456   M  W  H
> (52436)     -      WZ.
> 42356   3  2  -   ZYF.FROWZY.HGLITC.ROW.BUNKDE.YFRO.
> 34256      3  -   P.AMPSV.PSVAM.SVAM.
> 52643   -  -      V.VA.H
> 64523   3  -  -   GLIT.GLITCH.TCHGLI.C.UN.
> (42563)     2      ITCHG.TCHGLI.
> 52364   -     SS  CHG.OWZYF'DEBUNK'
> 43265   -     -   R.Y.
> 32465   3     2   BUNKD.KDEBUN.UNKDEB.E.MPSVA.
> 56423   -  -  -   FROWZ.LIT.L.
> 45623      3  -   ZYFRO.EBUNKD.FROWZY.W.
> (24653)     -      KDEB.
> 23456   2     -   MPS.SVAMP.AMPS.
>
> Contains:
> 128 4-runs including 14 xxxx5678, 14 xxxx6578
>
> Abaia (c) 56-56.4-56-36-4-5-6-5
> Basilisk (c) 5-34.6-56.2.36-34-3-4-5
> Cerberus (b) -5-4-5-3-2-3.56-4.5
> Djinn (e) -5-6-56-6.34-2.3.4-6.5
> Ettin (a)-36-6.5-56.3-2-3.4-34.5
> Fenrir (b) -56-45-5-3.2-2.5-4-3
> Gorgon (d) 3-5.6-56-36-2-5.6-2.5
> Hydra (f) -3-45-2-3.2-2.5-4-1
> Incubus (b) -56-6-56-3-2-5-4-1
> Kraken (f) -3-4-56-3-2-3.6-2.5
> Marshwiggle (b) 34-36.45-5-6-2-5.6-36.7
> Naiad (e) 5-3.6-56-6-2-3-2-1
> Ouroboros (d) 5-5.4-56-6-34-45-6-3
> Panserbjørn (a) -34-4-56-6-2-5.34-4.5
> Roc (f) 5-36.4.56-56.3-2-45.36-34.5
> Sphinx (b) 5-3.4-5-6-2-5.36-4.3
> Titan (a) -36-45-56-6.34-2.3-6-1
> Ungoliant (g) -5-6-56-6-34-3-6-5
> Valkyrie (f) -56-4.56-56.3-2-3-34-5
> Wyvern (f) -5-45-56.2.3-12-3-56-7
> Yeti (a) 5-36.4-2-36.2-2.3.2-34.7
> Zombie (b) -34-4.56-5.36.2-2.5.6-6.5
> ===
>
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