Rounds written on paper looks like this for six bells:
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 etc.
The highest bell, the Treble, is 1, the Tenor is 6, and the rest fit in between. But how do we vary this? The answer- swap a pair of bells over. For example:
To begin with, you can ring 'Call Changes', where the conductor calls out which pairs of bells move. But as you get better, you have to learn to do this at the same time as other people, without the conductor telling you. 'Plain Hunt' is the simplest method and is the second major hurdle to cross. Now you have to put your bell in a different place, whilst everyone else are doing that at the same time. The beginning of it looks like this:
It may look like a complicated mess of numbers, but the patterns are there! Look at the Treble (1). It starts off at the front. It then goes to the second place in the row, then the third, then the fourth and so on until it reaches the end. What happens next?
6 5 4 3 2 1 (rounds in reverse, by the way) 5 6 3 4 1 2 5 3 6 1 4 2 3 5 1 6 2 4 3 1 5 2 6 4 1 3 2 5 4 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 (we're back to where we started)
You then stay at the end for one row, then go back the way you came. Now look at the Tenor (6). What do you notice? It is simply a reverse of the Treble. If you look at all of the different bells, you can see that they all do exactly the same thing, they just start at a different place.
This is hard when you first do it. In fact, you probably won't be able to do it, the bells will all start to ring at the same time, nobody will know where they are and it will fall apart. But persevere. Gradually you will get used to it. And, once you have conquered that, there await a multitude of other methods waiting for you.
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Method Ringing
Rounds written on paper looks like this for six bells:
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 2 3 4 5 6 etc.
The highest bell, the Treble, is 1, the Tenor is 6, and the rest fit in between. But how do we vary this? The answer- swap a pair of bells over. For example:
1 2 3 4 5 6
2 1 3 4 5 6
or
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 2 3 4 6 5
To begin with, you can ring 'Call Changes', where the conductor calls out which pairs of bells move. But as you get better, you have to learn to do this at the same time as other people, without the conductor telling you. 'Plain Hunt' is the simplest method and is the second major hurdle to cross. Now you have to put your bell in a different place, whilst everyone else are doing that at the same time. The beginning of it looks like this:
1 2 3 4 5 6
2 1 4 3 6 5
2 4 1 6 3 5
4 2 6 1 5 3
4 6 2 5 1 3
6 4 5 2 3 1
It may look like a complicated mess of numbers, but the patterns are there! Look at the Treble (1). It starts off at the front. It then goes to the second place in the row, then the third, then the fourth and so on until it reaches the end. What happens next?
6 5 4 3 2 1 (rounds in reverse, by the way)
5 6 3 4 1 2
5 3 6 1 4 2
3 5 1 6 2 4
3 1 5 2 6 4
1 3 2 5 4 6
1 2 3 4 5 6 (we're back to where we started)
You then stay at the end for one row, then go back the way you came. Now look at the Tenor (6). What do you notice? It is simply a reverse of the Treble. If you look at all of the different bells, you can see that they all do exactly the same thing, they just start at a different place.
This is hard when you first do it. In fact, you probably won't be able to do it, the bells will all start to ring at the same time, nobody will know where they are and it will fall apart. But persevere. Gradually you will get used to it. And, once you have conquered that, there await a multitude of other methods waiting for you.
Source:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A126596
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