Group h

6ths Place Minor Methods, Lead End: 156342

Introduction:

6ths place Lead End methods are less popular than 2nds place perhaps owing to the extra learning involved. The step from Plain Bob to Single Court (Group g) and Double Court (Group h, ibid) can be challenging.

However, there are 23 regular Treble Dodging Methods in Group h, so the challenges should not be avoided.

The lengths given below are for Plain Methods with a 60 change Plain Course. Applying the compositions to Little Methods where the Treble travels to 4ths place will produce a shorter length and to Treble Dodging a correspondingly longer length. Bobs-only touches of plain methods can be doubled with the appropriate use of singles.

Methods:

The classical methods for this group are:

• Crayford Little Bob
• Double Court Bob
• SANDAL Treble Bob
• HULL Surprise

Calling Positions:

Tenor - Observation Bell Positions and Work

Conducting Hint:

Following the Coursing Order is a basic conducting skill, and this can be applied to simple Treble Bob Methods such as Kent and Oxford Treble Bob, by noting the bells leaving and entering the Slow Work. This technique can be extended when ringing group h methods, viz:

For any 4 bells in sequence in the coursing order, (let's label them a, b, c, and d). When a is 2nds place bell, b is 4ths place bell, the pivot bell. At the half lead a and c cross with each other, and at the following Lead End, c is followed by d as the new 2nds place bell, and the process can be applied to the string of 4 bells in the Coursing Order starting at d.

Touches

Quoted lengths are for a method such as Double Court that has 60 Change Rows in the Plain Course.

• Short touches - by Calling Pattern
• 1: 24 Group h Plain Minor BB
• 2: 72 Group h Plain Minor BPBPBP
• 3: 72 Group h Plain Minor PBPBPB

• Touches - by Tenor as Observation Bell
• 4: 120 Group h Plain Minor 2 Singles Out
• 5: 120 Group h Plain Minor 2 Singles In
• 6: 180 Group h Plain Minor 3 Bobs Out
• 7: 180 Group h Plain Minor 3 Bobs In
• 8: 120 Group h Plain Minor Out In Out In
• 9: 240 Group h Plain Minor
• 10: 276 Group h Plain Minor
• 10: 360 Group h Plain Minor
• 11: 720 Group h Plain Minor

Calls affecting the observation bell cause variations in the length of the course and the order of the calling positions and the composition layout is often unhelpful. We recommend generating the rows using complib, and printing the whole composition, as a step to understanding prior to calling.

* The composition can be doubled in length by inserting a Single Before at the first Lead End. See Complib 157755.