[r-t] Methods Committee proposed change 3.0(D)

[Chris02]

Tim Barnes wrote:
> Intermediate amendment:
> First we require an addition to D(A), "Conditions required for all peals":
>
> "16. A peal shall comprise true changes. This means that none of the possible
> rows for each effective stage shall appear more than once more than any other
> of the possible rows. The effective stages for different categories of peals
> are defined in section 5 below."
>
> And then D(B) "Particular conditions required for peals on different numbers
> of bells" is again replaced completely, but this time with:
>
> 1. Peals of Minimus, Doubles, Minor and Triples shall be rung on four, five,
> six and seven bells respectively, or on five, six, seven and eight bells with
> the tenor as cover, and shall consist of at least 5040 true changes.
>
> 2. Peals of Major, Caters, Royal, etc. shall be rung on eight, nine, ten, etc.
> bells respectively, or on nine, ten, eleven, etc. bells with the tenor as
> cover, and shall consist of at least 5000 true changes.

But wouldn't this allow a peal of Triples consisting of 4040 changes that occur only once and 500 changes that occur twice?

And on eight, 4000 changes that occur only once and 500 changes that occur twice?

Chris Adams