[r-t] "X above, Y below"

[Alexander Holroyd]

That's a very interesting and unusual idea!  It would be very nice to 
see if it can be taken further.

On Sun, 30 Jul 2017, Richard Weeks wrote:

> Instead of the guidance for, say, Lincolnshire Surprise for all place bells 
> as:
>
>    "Cambridge above the treble, Lincolnshire below"
>
> modify that to give the rule:
>
>    "Cambridge when the 2nd is above the treble, Lincolnshire when it's 
> below"
>
> At the major stage, this produces a true plain course of 1344 changes, with 
> the 2nd simply ringing six courses of Lincolnshire as intended, and the other 
> six inside bells accommodating this with elements of Cambridge, Lincolnshire 
> and Superlative (and some odd frontwork):
>
> https://complib.org/method/32004?accessKey=cd54702474969f792632048b356455a6de9c4cec
>
> Not many combinations take kindly to this approach. "Cambridge 2 above, 
> Yorkshire 2 below", for example is false in the plain course:
>
> https://complib.org/method/31806?accessKey=1f838bc67ce1c5f5919e68e9bce6128dfb10c3e8
>
> And many other combinations don't even get that far. However, " Pudsey 2 
> above, Yorkshire 2 below " has a true four-lead plain course of 896 changes, 
> and a true 1344 is also possible:
>
> https://complib.org/method/32005?accessKey=23527e76d9fa150abbb52546c51fcf29d29fbb79
> https://complib.org/composition/34056?accessKey=592b4aef7f7e94779a14d8bef154f0c1e564d643
>
> [Just reporting this for possible curiosity value]
>
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