[r-t] Shortening leads

[Andrew Johnson]

> About half a century ago I thought of splicing little, plain, and 
> alliance surprise minor, easily done by splitting leads of a single 
> method by adjusting places which include the treble. The resulting 
> course would typically be one plain lead, two alliance leads, and 
> two little. At the time I could find no reference to it having being
> done before. The only problem was not having a capable band.
> 
> If one should do this nowadays, under the current decisions, would 
> the shortened or lengthened lead have the same name as its parent, 
> as it might easily be an already-named other method, for an absurd 
> example Bastow could easily be a possibility if the lengthening/
> shortening was to occur while the treble was in 12. 
> 
> John David
A similar idea are the following spliced plain major QPs:
https://complib.org/composition/74191
https://complib.org/composition/74200
with the treble hunting up to 3rds, 4ths, 5ths, 6ths, 7ths and 8ths
in different methods, but could also be considered as Plain Bob
Major with bits chopped out and places made at the half-lead.

It might seem to work as a training quarter-peal as the treble
ringer gets experience hunting further and further as the methods
change, and the methods only change at the course end,
but I suspect the unfamiliar methods would cause the inside ringers 
to make mistakes.

Andrew Johnson
Twyford




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