Ringing Wilmslow 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 Wilmslow Delight Minor.
Some hints and tips for developing the skill are given in the
techniques
section.
Positional Awareness
Wilmslow Delight Minor is helpful below the treble in keeping the bells close together.
Place Notation Elements
The method only contains 5 elements (X, 12, 16, 36, 56).
Place Bells, Pivot Leads, and Handrails
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 :
The pivot bell (4) makes 5ths the half lead.
For 3-4 pair, the pivot point is when they dodge together in 1-2 at the Half Lead.
For 5-6 pair, the pivot point is when they dodge together in 3-4 at the Half Lead.
Handrails
For both 3-4 pattern and 5-6 pattern, the pivot leads act as handrails.
Awareness of other bells
Most ringers on encountering
Wilmslow Delight Minor
will find it quite straightforward to ring owing to the simple structure below the treble.
Coursing Order in Wilmslow Delight Minor
Wilmslow Delight Minor exhibits glimpses of natural coursing order.
An experienced ringer will pick out the parts that are valuable to them, others should concentrate on features that are more helpful
Ringing the Method
Wilmslow Delight Minor makes excellent use of the skill of following the treble in combination with the structural variation on Oxford TB.
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