Kirkstall Delight Minor

About Kirkstall Delight Minor

Kirkstall Delight Minor is Cambridge Surprise above the treble and Morning Star Treble Bob below the treble.

4ths place bell is the pivot bell and with the 2nds place lead end, the calling sequence for 6ths observation is as per Little Bob.

Kirkstall Delight Minor is one of a group of 5 Treble Dodging methods all having identical work below the treble.

• Morning Star Treble Bob
• Kirkstall Delight (Ibid)
• London Victory Delight
• Tewkesbury Delight
• Evesham Delight

Method Structure.

Place Notation:
X 36 X 14 X 12 X 16 X 34 X 16, 12, Bob 14, Single 1234.

Grid:

Diagram: Kirkstall Delight Minor, plain lead, change-rows and grid.

Goals and learning approach

What you are trying to achieve needs to drive your approach.

Ringing by structure

If you are ringing any method to gain the skill of associating method structure with the work of the treble (valid goal), DO NOT learn the lines, learn the structure, ring, make mistakes and learn from them. Track-the Treble skills, Place Notation skills, coursing order skills can all be developed in this manner

Performance Level

If you are wishing to achieve 720s, Quarters, or peals:
start with the structural ringing as above, add in the bits that are natural to you.
Study the lines.
Practice a lot.
Achieve some performances .

Method Mastery Level

It is unusual for a band to wish to achieve mastery in a method like Kirkstall. However, this is a simple variation on a standard methods, and mastery should be considered.

Learning Kirkstall Delight Minor.

The Structure

Kirkstall Delight Minor is one of a group of 5 Treble Dodging methods all having identical work below the treble.

The Rules

Kirkstall Delight Minor - the rules
Ring Cambridge Surprise over Morning Star Treble Bob.

Double Blue Lines

Kirkstall Delight Minor, 1-2

Diagram: Kirkstall Delight Minor, 1-2.

Kirkstall Delight Minor, 3-4

Diagram: Kirkstall Delight Minor, 3-4.

Kirkstall Delight Minor, 5-6

Diagram: Kirkstall Delight Minor, 5-6.

Artefacts

The key to this method is the Oxford TB structure of the 5-6 section, X 16 X 34 X 16 X 34 X 16 X.

Place Notation and Grid

The pictorial grid emphasises the structure of the method better than the Place Notation.

Pictels

Pictels are extensively used in the decription of Cambridge S Minor, which is the work above the treble for Kirkstall.

Ringing Kirkstall Delight Minor.

Track the treble

Awareness of the position of the treble is a key skill for most bellringing methods, and is the major key to ringing Kirkstall Delight Minor. Some hints and tips for developing the skill are given in the techniques section.

Positional Awareness

Kirkstall Delight Minor is quite fluid below the treble, and accurately striking the Oxford PLaces is significant.

Place Notation Elements

The method only contains 6 elements (X, 12, 14, 16, 34, 36), all of which will already have been rung.

Place Bells, Pivot Leads, and Staging posts

164523 LE 12: Little Bob; Duke of Norfolk T.B., Bourne Surprise

1-2:1-2, 1-5, 1-4, 1-3, 1-6, 1-2
3-4:3-4, 6-3, 2-6, 5-2, 4-5, 3-4
5-6:6-5, 2-4, 5-3, 4-6, 3-2, 6-5 :

For 5-6 pair, the pivot point is when they cross over in 4-5 at the Half Lead.
For 3-4 pair, the pivot point is when they cross over in 2-3 at the Half Lead.

Awareness of other bells

Most ringers on encountering Kirkstall Delight find it, initially, quite tricky to ring well. Structurally the method is "merely" a combination of standard methods, in practice it feels very different. The Cambridge Places are truncated and there is no 5ths under the treble at the Half Lead.

Coursing Order in Kirkstall Delight Minor

Kirkstall Delight exhibits natural coursing order above the treble.
Kirkstall preserves natural coursing orer to a large degree at lead, and the Oxford places in the 5-6 section are made by coursing pairs.

Ringing the Method

Kirkstall Delight Minor is a straightforward right place method easily rung following thorough preparation.

Bobs and Singles.

Bobs replace the 2nds place at the Lead End with 4ths.

Singles Singles are rarely used in Kirkstall Delight Minor.

Touches of Kirkstall Delight Minor.

4ths place bell is the pivot bell, and hence the first lead end is 164523 giving calling positions as per Little Bob.
So, ring bobs only touches of Little Bob to give twice the length.