My Bell Tower
Compositions

After ringing my bell for a few special occasions and recording those events on my website, I decided I'd like a similar record of precisely what I'd rung – beyond simply the method and number of changes – not least for easy reference in case I wanted to ring the same thing again in the future (which I no doubt will). Initially I added details of the compositions to the footnotes to each performance, but I quickly realised that would become messy (particularly for more complex compositions) and would require either a lot of repetition or references back to previous performances, so I needed a single repository – hence this webpage.

I've organised the compositions by their stage (i.e. the number of bells changing places) so they're not in the order I rang them, but I've added links to them from each performance in my list of Ringing for Special Occasions.

Doubles (5 bells)

240 Grandsire Doubles
by Leslie W G Morris

2345
5423 s
3254 s
4532 s
3245 -
5432 s
2354 s
4523 s
4352

Repeat twice

First published 31st December 1926 in The Ringing World (pg.827).
Contains all 120 possible rows once each at handstroke and at backstroke.

Minor (6 bells)

720 Grandsire Minor

23456   1  2  3  4  5  6 
52346   -    (-) -  -  -   (6 leads)
34256      -               (4 leads)

Repeat five times, calling s for (-) in parts 1 and 4

First published 1788 in Clavis Campanalogia.

Triples (7 bells)

336 Grandsire Triples

234567
752634 -
765423
347265 -
324576
352647
673452 s
647235
526347 -
532764
475632 -
467253
324567 -

Repeat once
Includes Queen's and Tittums

210 Plain Bob Triples

234567
235746 -
372654
736425 s
734562 -
357246

Repeat twice
Includes Queen's and Tittums at the course-ends

N.B. Although I have rung this composition, I haven't (yet) rung it for a special occasion.

Major (8 bells)

256 Grandsire Major

234567   1  2  3  4 
437265   -        s 

Repeat three times

640 Grandsire Major
by Owen T Northwood (shortened from his 4-part 1280)

23456   1  2  3  (of 5)
62354   -  -
35264      -  -
43562   -  -
24365   -  -    

Repeat once

304 Plain Bob Major
by David B Wilson

23456   W  V  F  M  H 
24356               s
32456               -
23456   s  -  -  -  - 

Composed 8th September 2021.

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