Group e

2nds Place Minor Methods
Lead End: 164523

Methods:

• Little Bob

Little Bob is important as a step up from Plain Bob. In Plain Bob, the hunting pattern only ever changes at the Lead End, in Little Bob the hunting patterns change both at the Lead End and at the Half Lead, and the Half Leads and Lead Ends are only 4 change rows apart.

For the conductor who can track coursing orders, the bells lead in triplets, 2nds PB., 4ths PB (Pivot Bell) and 6ths PB. 6ths PB goes on to become the next 2nds PB. This process is true for all 31 Treble Dodging methods in Group e, and in a slightly modified form for the 23 methods in Group h.

Understanding and learning the Place Bell sequences for Little Bob is a step towards performance level ringing as having a Double Place Bell to work towards is valuable when other ringers falter.

Introduction

With pivot bell being place no 4, Little Bob has an interesting calling position sequence, and some short touches are available. For a true quarter peal length Little Bob does not present sufficient change rows (maximum is 480), so splicing with another minor method is needed.

However, the real value in Little Bob is two-fold, it gives opportunity to ring by watching the treble position, and practise in ringing changing patterns of hunting owing to the disruptive affect of the 4^ths place half lead.

The compositions all work for any method in Group e, but a touch of methods such as Hereward Bob, where treble runs to 6ths place, will be 50% longer than if called for Little Bob..

Short touches can be called by calling pattern, beyond that the sixth is commonly used as an Observation Bell.:

Tenor - Observation Bell Positions and Work

Double Place Bell Sequences.

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 :

Understanding and learning the Place Bell sequences is a foundation stone for ringing all 31 Treble Dodging Methods in Group e.

List of touches

The lengths given below are generated when called to a method with 8 changes per lead. Lengths and falseness can be checked aganst complib.

The complib links in the margin take you to the appropriate Little Bob touch on Complib (in a new window). To apply a touch to a different method find the complib number of the method by hovering over a link. Netherseale S. is complib method 14313.
add ?substitutedmethodid=14313 to the URL.
Example:

The first touch is 16 Little Bob URL: :
https://complib.org/composition/84061

To apply this to Netherseale use URL: :
https://complib.org/composition/84061?substitutedmethodid=14313

• Short touches - Calling pattern basis
• 1: 16 Little Bob Minor BB
• 2: 32 Little Bob Minor BSBS
• 3: 48 Little Bob Minor BPBPBP
• 4: 96 Little Bob Minor BPBPBS x 2

• Touches - by Observation bell
• 5: 120 Little Bob Minor WWW
• 6: 240 Little Bob Minor WSHWW x 2
• 7: 240 Little Bob Minor SWWW x 2
• 8: 120 Little Bob Minor HHH
• 9: 240 Little Bob Minor HHSH x 2
• 10: 80 Little Bob Minor WHWH
• 11: 160 Little Bob Minor WHWSH x 2
• 12: 160 Little Bob Minor SWHW x 2
• 13: 240 Little Bob Minor WHW x 3
• 14: 480 Little Bob Minor WHW WHW WHW SH x 2
• 15: 480 Little Bob Minor SWHW WHW WHW x 2
• 16: 160 Little Bob Minor W SW W SW
• 17: 480 Little Bob Minor W SW W SW H X 3
• 18: 360 Little Bob Minor W SW W SW HH W SW WS W H
• 19: 480 Little Bob Minor SW W SW W H SH H X 2
• 20: 560 Spliced Plain & Little Bob Minor

Notes:
The touch has 320 changes Little Bob and 240 Plain Bob, 1 change of method. Combine with a 720 to give quarter peal length with minimum repetition.