Stedman Doubles

Call 2 singles, with yourself and one other bell making the singles...
Choose your bell and choose another with whom you’re going to make the singles. As you come to double-dodge either 4-5 up or down with this bell call a single in your first blow in 4ths place if you would have dodged up, or your last blow lying in 5ths place if you would have dodged down. So the calls come at handstroke. Make the single, and remember that if you make a single it changes the way you go back down to the front. When you meet this bell again call the second single and do the other part of making a single (i.e. do cat’s ears then anti-cat’s ears, or vice versa). This is a 120.

In the diagram below the calling positions for these kind of touches are marked with green circles.

Blue line for Stedman
Doubles with calling positions

Call yourself unaffected...
The calling points for calling yourself unaffected are marked with red circles on this diagram to the left. The green circles mark the points where you will be affected, as discussed above.

Choose any one of these points to call a single. You will ring two plain courses, and call a single each time you get to this point. Remember to bear in mind where your plain courses will end, i.e. where the touch will come round.

If you have looked at calling Stedman Triples then you will see that the calls in Stedman Triples are two changes later than they would be in doubles (for example, instead of there being a calling point when you are in 2nds as you come out quick, there is a calling point in 4ths before you dodge.)

Call four singles...
There are also touches of 120 changes using 4 singles. I haven't called any of these but you can find details of which bells you need to call to make the singles in the RW Diary.

On to Stedman Triples - Part 1.

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