Cheviot Treble Bob Minor

About Cheviot Treble Bob Minor

Cheviot Treble Bob Minor is a member of the Cotswold group of methods, a class which has backward hunting above the treble. Below the treble the work is a simple set of Kent Places either side of the Half Lead. The work below the treble is found in a set of 4 methods, viz:

• Cheviot Treble Bob (Ibid)
• Marple Delight
• Braintree Delight
• Abbeyville Delight

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.

At May 2025 there were just 3 performances including Cheviot Treble Bob Minor on handbells.

Method Structure.

Place Notation:
36X34.16 X 12 X 16.34 X 14.36, 12, Bob 14, Single 1234.

Grid:

Diagram: Cheviot Treble Bob Minor, plain lead, change-rows and grid.

Plain Course structure
This method has Little Bob Lead End order.

Goals and learning approach

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

Ringing by structure

If you are ringing Cheviot 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 Cheviot.

Learning Cheviot Treble Bob Minor.

The Structure

Learning Cheviot Treble Bob Minor is an interesting challenge, the difficulties lie with the 1-2 section, the 5-6 section can be rung by rules. The spacings and touch points are critical to success.

The Rules

Ring Cotswold Treble Bob above the treble, the standard 3-4 section, and Treble Bob Hunting with Kent Places in 3-4 in the 5-6 section.

Double Blue Lines

Cheviot Treble Bob Minor, 1-2

Diagram: Cheviot Treble Bob Minor, 1-2.

Cheviot Treble Bob Minor, 3-4

Diagram: Cheviot Treble Bob Minor, 3-4.

Cheviot Treble Bob Minor, 5-6

Diagram: Cheviot Treble Bob Minor, 5-6.

Artefacts

The method is dominated by places in 3-4 below the treble and pointy work above..

Place Notation and Grid

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

Pictels

Splitting into individual elements is of no value.

Ringing Cheviot Treble Bob 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 dodge together in Treble Bob Minor. Some hints and tips for developing the skill are given in the techniques section.

Positional Awareness

Cheviot Treble Bob Minor is quite fluid and susceptible to a false sense of security below the treble.

Place Notation Elements

The method contains 4 elements (36X34, 12, 34X34, 16).

Double Place Bells

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 :

Pivot Leads

4ths Place Bell is the pivot bell.

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

Staging posts (a.k.a. Handrails).

None.

The methood is tricky, period.

Awareness of other bells

Coursing Order in Cheviot Treble Bob Minor

Natural coursing order is not preserved very well above the treble, but is reasonably well preserved below the treble both at lead, and in 4ths place.

Ringing the Method

Cheviot could be a valuable entry method for the Cotswold Group.

Bobs and Singles.

Bobs replace the 2nds place at the Lead End with 4ths. This causes the bell that has just made point 6ths to make the bob and become 4ths place bell.

Singles Singles are rarely used in Cheviot Treble Bob Minor.

Touches of Cheviot Treble Bob Minor.

Bobs only touches of Little Bob will work for Cheviot TB.