[r-t] Long lengths of Bristol Surprise Major

Andrew Johnson andrew_johnson at uk.ibm.com
Tue Mar 15 15:12:21 UTC 2016


I composed these over a year ago, but after talking to people this weekend
I think that readers of this list might be interested too.

The course ends were chosen to show repeated blocks - the letters
identify those blocks.

30912 Bristol Surprise Major
Composed by Andrew Johnson

12345678   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
18423756   x         - -   - -   - -             -:
17285364     - x - -   x - x -   - x - x   - - x - -:
18234756     -       -      :
13652478 D -   - -   -  :
15648327     -       -      :
14726835 D -   - -   -  :
14628735   x -           - -   x   x - -:
12437586 E x -   -             - -   - -   - -             -   - x:
13254678    :
15376842 E x -   -             - -   - -   - -             -   - x:
17524638   - -   x - x -   x - x   -:
14638752   -       -   -:
13458726 G -       -   - -     -     -   -   -     -     - -   -       -:
15348726   -:
13267548 H   -       - -   - -           - -   - -       -    :
18652374     -       -     -  :
15476238 D -   - -   -  :
17834625 D -   - -   -  :
13528467 D -   - -   -  :
13745286       -   - -     - -     - -     - -     - -     - -     -:
18635742   - x -        :
13564278 K - -     - -        :
16472538   - -     - -   - -   x  :
17834256 D -   - -   -  :
15324678   -     -   -   x x x - -   - - x   x -   x - x  :
12376548   - x   - x - x x   -  :
17843652 D -   - -   -  :
14258367 D -   - -   -  :
15762834 D -   - -   -  :
16437285 D -   - -   -  :
13584726 D -   - -   -  :
18625473 D -   - -   -  :
12436857   -   - x:
13258764 E x -   -             - -   - -   - -             -   - x:
13752486     - -:
14326857   x   - x - x   -:
16843257   x   - x - x - -     - -   - -   - -             -   - x:
14567238   - - x   x   - -      :
16847523       - x   -   -     -   -     -   -   - -   x - -:
14625378 E x -   -             - -   - -   - -             -   - x:
14285763   - - x   x   - -           - x   -  :
18362574 D -   - -   -  :
13548762   - -   -  :
14265873 D -   - -   -  :
17234658             - -   -             - x  :
13852467 D -   - -   -  :
16573284   - -       - -   -       -    :
17485326 D -   - -   -  :
18745326   -:
14825367 G -       -   - -     -     -   -   -     -     - -   -       -:
13274685      :
17384652 G -       -   - -     -     -   -   -     -     - -   -       -:
18734652   -:
17526834 H   -       - -   - -           - -   - -       -    :
15678423     -       - -   - -           -:
17326845 D -   - -   -  :
16574238   -     -   -    :
17835426 D -   - -   -  :
18657234 J       -         - -         - -         -  :
16478352 J       -         - -         - -         -  :
14286573 J       -         - -         - -         -  :
12364785 J       -         - -         - -         -  :
13542867 J       -         - -         - -         -  :
15723648 J       -         - -         - -         -  :
16457823         -         - -         - -     - -     -     -   -    :
15742386 K - -     - -        :
14278635 K - -     - -        :
17823564 K - -     - -        :
12386457 K - -     - -        :
12345678   - -         - -         x            :
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
- = 14 bob, x = 16 bob
432 calls: 380 4ths-place bobs, 52 6ths-place bobs
120 CRUs, no 87s at back, 12 uninterrupted whole courses and the plain 
course
12000 changes between the last two 6ths-place bobs
Tittums, Whittingtons
6 November 2014

xH,F,I,F,I,F,I,I,F,xI,O,F,xO,F,xI,O,V,xM,M,xF,O,F,xI,O,F,O,H,O,V,V,
W,M,F,V,W,W,H,xF,I,M,M,xI,xV,V,V,xM,M,I,I,O,V,V,W,W,V,W,xW,xH,H,M,
H,H,M,M,I,O,O,V,xM,M,M,xI,O,xV,V,xW,W,xW,H,H,O,V,V,M,I,O,W,M,I,
F,F,F,I,F,V,V,W,I,O,V,V,O,F,O,F,V,M,F,F,O,V,V,W,H,M,M,I,F,O,F,O,
H,M,M,O,F,F,I,V,V,H,H,I,O,W,W,xW,W,O,F,F,I,H,H,I,O,V,V,xW,H,M,M,
I,F,F,O,xM,xF,xI,O,F,O,F,xI,xV,V,xW,W,xW,H,xH,M,xF,I,xO,xV,W,H,M,M,
I,F,O,F,O,V,W,W,H,M,I,O,V,W,H,H,M,I,F,I,F,O,V,xM,xF,I,F,M,M,I,O,V,V,
F,O,xV,W,W,xW,H,xH,H,xH,M,xF,O,xV,V,xM,M,M,O,F,O,F,O,F,M,I,xO,F,I,
xO,xM,I,O,I,xO,V,W,M,I,V,W,H,H,xF,I,O,xV,V,W,V,V,W,W,H,H,W,
H,xH,H,H,xH,xF,O,F,H,xH,M,I,F,I,F,O,F,O,V,W,W,H,W,W,H,W,xW,H,M,M,
I,F,I,W,W,H,O,W,H,H,M,I,O,H,M,M,O,W,H,M,O,W,W,H,O,W,I,F,I,V,H,M,
I,V,H,H,M,F,I,F,V,V,W,W,F,I,F,I,W,I,W,W,H,H,V,V,W,W,H,M,O,V,H,
M,M,I,H,F,I,H,H,F,W,O,F,W,W,O,M,V,V,I,O,M,V,I,O,M,M,V,I,H,H,F,
I,H,F,W,W,O,F,W,O,M,M,V,V,H,H,I,V,W,M,M,O,F,W,W,M,M,V,V,H,H,F,
I,V,V,I,O,M,M,xM


30912 Bristol Surprise Major
Composed by Andrew Johnson

12345678   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
18762435   x         - -   - -   - -             -   - x:
15672438   - -   x - x -   - x - x   - - x - -   -       -       - -:
16847523   -   x - -:
14625378 E x -   -             - -   - -   - -             -   - x:
18267534 L - - x   x   - -           - x   -   -     -   -     -       - :
15648327      :
14726835 D -   - -   -  :
14628735   x -           - -   x   x - -:
12437586 E x -   -             - -   - -   - -             -   - x:
13254678    :
15376842 E x -   -             - -   - -   - -             -   - x:
17524638   - -   x - x -   x - x   -:
14638752   -       -   -:
13458726 G -       -   - -     -     -   -   -     -     - -   -       -:
15348726   -:
17483256 H   -       - -   - -           - -   - -       -       - -:
18652374       -  :
15476238 D -   - -   -  :
12837645   -   -   -  :
13548762 D -   - -   -  :
14265873 D -   - -   -  :
17234658             - -   -             - x  :
13852467 D -   - -   -  :
17834625   - -       - -   -       -     -   -     -  :
13528467 D -   - -   -  :
17624835       -   - -:
15462873       - -     - -     - -     - -     - -     - - x -    :
14758326 K     - -     - -    :
16472538       - -     - -   - -   x  :
17834256 D -   - -   -  :
12538764   -     -   -   x x x - -   - - x   x -:
12376548     x - x   - x   - x - x x   -  :
17843652 D -   - -   -  :
14258367 D -   - -   -  :
15762834 D -   - -   -  :
16437285 D -   - -   -  :
13584726 D -   - -   -  :
18625473 D -   - -   -  :
12436857   -   - x:
13258764 E x -   -             - -   - -   - -             -   - x:
14326857     - - x   - x - x   -:
16843257   x   - x - x - -     - -   - -   - -             -   - x:
17485326 L - - x   x   - -           - x   -   -     -   -     -       - :
18745326   -:
14825367 G -       -   - -     -     -   -   -     -     - -   -       -:
13274685      :
17384652 G -       -   - -     -     -   -   -     -     - -   -       -:
18734652   -:
16347582 H   -       - -   - -           - -   - -       -       - -:
15678423   -   - -           -:
17326845 D -   - -   -  :
16574238   -     -   -    :
17835426 D -   - -   -  :
18657234 J       -         - -         - -         -  :
16478352 J       -         - -         - -         -  :
14286573 J       -         - -         - -         -  :
12364785 J       -         - -         - -         -  :
13542867 J       -         - -         - -         -  :
15723648 J       -         - -         - -         -  :
17243685         -         - -         - -     - -     -     -   -:
12876534 K     - -     - -    :
18325467 K     - -     - -    :
13684752 K     - -     - -    :
16537248 K     - -     - -    :
12345678       - -         - -         x            :
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
- = 14 bob, x = 16 bob
427 calls: 375 4ths-place bobs, 52 6ths-place bobs
120 CRUs, no 87s at back, 12 uninterrupted whole courses and the plain 
course
11584 changes between the last two 6ths-place bobs
Tittums, Whittingtons
6 November 2014

xH,F,I,F,I,F,I,I,F,xI,O,F,xO,F,xI,O,V,xM,M,xF,O,F,xI,O,F,O,H,O,
H,H,xF,I,O,xV,V,W,V,V,W,W,H,H,W,H,xH,H,H,xH,xF,O,F,H,xH,M,I,V,W,
M,F,V,W,W,H,xF,I,M,M,xI,xV,V,V,xM,M,I,I,O,V,V,W,W,V,W,xW,xH,H,M,
H,H,M,M,I,O,O,V,xM,M,M,xI,O,xV,V,xW,W,xW,H,H,O,V,V,M,I,O,W,M,I,
F,F,F,I,F,V,V,W,I,O,V,V,O,F,O,F,V,M,F,F,O,V,V,W,H,M,I,F,O,F,O,
V,W,W,H,W,W,H,W,xW,H,M,M,I,F,I,W,W,H,O,W,H,I,F,O,F,O,H,M,M,O,F,F,
I,V,V,H,H,I,O,W,W,xW,W,O,F,F,I,H,H,I,O,V,V,xW,H,M,M,
I,F,F,O,xM,xF,xI,O,F,O,F,xI,xV,V,xW,W,xW,H,xH,M,xF,I,xO,xV,W,H,M,M,
I,F,O,F,O,V,W,W,H,M,I,O,V,W,H,H,M,I,F,I,F,O,V,xM,xF,I,F,M,M,I,O,V,V,
F,O,xV,W,W,xW,H,xH,H,xH,M,xF,O,xV,V,xM,M,M,O,F,O,F,O,F,M,I,xO,F,I,
xO,xM,I,O,I,xO,V,W,M,I,V,M,I,O,H,M,M,O,W,H,M,O,W,W,H,O,W,I,F,I,V,H,M,
I,V,H,H,M,F,I,F,V,V,W,W,F,I,F,I,W,I,W,W,H,H,V,V,W,W,H,M,O,V,H,
M,M,I,H,F,I,H,H,F,W,O,F,W,W,O,M,V,V,I,O,M,V,I,O,M,M,V,I,H,H,F,
I,H,F,W,W,O,F,W,O,M,M,V,V,H,H,I,V,W,M,M,O,F,W,W,M,M,V,V,H,H,F,
I,V,V,I,O,M,M,xM

Some of the qualities I considered were:
maximising total length (obviously!)
minimising total calls (I did get it down to 370+52=422)
minimising 6th-place bobs
maximising uninterrupted whole courses
having repeated blocks
having a long section at the end with just 4ths-place bobs
(apart from the final call), more regularity, and lower call density
having most of the plain course at the end, not the start

There is scope for rearrangement of the priorities of these
if a conductor had a strong preference.

As a comparison the previous record of 28512 by Brian Price has
651 calls: 387 4ths-place bobs and 264 6ths-place bobs and
at most 3 leads between calls. It is a 9-part.


Andrew Johnson
Twyford
Hampshire


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