[r-t] Definitions so far
Richard Smith
richard at ex-parrot.com
Wed Jan 21 12:57:25 UTC 2015
John Harrison wrote:
>>> I'd want to describe anything from 1250 - 5000 changes as a quarter
>>> peal. Ridiculous I know once you get past 2000 or so changes, but
>>> "quarter peal" is just the label I'd use for that bracket, and your
>>> definition seems to allow for this.
>
>> Is it ridiculous? I've rung a couple of 2160s and it hadn't
>> occured to me to think of them as anything other than
>> quarters.
>
> What both comments ignore are half peals.
My original definition said: "A performance of length 1250
or more may be described as a /quarter peal length
performance/. Other fractional peal lengths are defined in
a similar manner but are less commonly used."
Doesn't that cover half peals?
RAS
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