Stedman Triples - Part Two

Calling touches where the calls are not only at S, H, L or Q positions...
You might want to look at the calling positions again, so there is another copy of the line below.
There is also a pop-up window with the line if you'd like that.

Blue line of Stedman
Triples with calling positions marked

This is how the Diary gives the touch we are going to look at:
The right-hand column is the important one.

117

2314567

3425167 1

4675312 3

5231674 4

2156374 1

2163574 1

1325674 1

3712546 2

7462351 3

S 2135476 4

The only bell which is not affected by a call at the back in this touch is the 3, so this is probably the easiest bell to call it from at first. The Diary tells you that you make calls when the 3 is in the positions 5, 8, 12, 13, 14, 3, 5, 8, 12 (single).

Look at where these positions are on the blue line.
Learn where these positions are!
Notice that when you call a bob at 14 you make the bob and so miss out some of the blue line.
The touch comes round 2 blows after the single.

Once you've called this you can try working out which positions the calls come in for another bell.

The next thing will be to be comfortable enough with the touch to remember "1, 3, 4, 1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 4s" and call it from this, and then perhaps to learn it in the equivalent form "1, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 16, 20s".

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