The approach to Surprise Major on handbells, by Bill Jackson, and published in the Ringing World in 2007,
suggests that the method can be learned by splitting the method grid down into the individual sections together with the following cross section.
Bill's article then goes on to suggest techniques for progressively assimilating the detail of the method until the ringer is sufficiently familiar to make it worthwhile meeting with others for a practice session.
This is not the same as ringing by place notation.
It is too easy to memorise a string of place notation elements, especially for paindromic methods, and then lose the plot trying to follow the string.
Section by section uses the uniqueness of each section to help with both memory and ringing.
The sections of Yorkshire Surprise Major are illustrated as follows:
Section 1, Treble 1-2 Up:
Section 2, Treble 3-4 Up:
Section 3, Treble 5-6 Up:
Section 4, Treble 7-8 Up:
Section 5, Treble 7-8 Down:
Section 6, Treble 5-6 Down:
Section 7, Treble 3-4 Down:
Section 8, Treble 1-2 Down:
Diagrams: 8t.s.01.05 to 8t.s.01.12 Yorkshire Surprise Major, Sections 1 through 8.
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