In the Ringing World Diary you can find:
1260 | |||
234567 | |||
| S | 762453 | 2 | |
| S | 357246 | 2 | |
| - | 573246 | 4 | |
| - | 735246 | 4 | |
| - | 467523 | 2 | |
| - | 354267 | 1 | |
Repeat five times, S for B at 3rd and 6th part ends |
First note that this is a 6 part composition, since we are told to "repeat five times". The sets of six numbers are the leadends for the first part. The S's and dashes on the left tell you whether you need to call a single or a bob. The lone numbers on the right tell you how many leads between calls. So you could remember this composition as PSPSPPPBPPPBPBB x6 (if that looks a bit daunting try thinking of it as PSPS PPPB PPPB PBB x6). Note also that at the part end (which is the row 354267) the 4, 6 and 7 are back in their home positions (that is, about to dodge 4-5 down, 6-7 down and 6-7 up respectively). This means that there is less to learn if you call this quarter from one of these bells and so it is easier. It is bells 2, 3 and 5 which rotate round to give us different changes in each part. Also the singles at the end of the 3rd and 6th parts swop over the 2 and 3.
Now we will look at the work of different bells in more detail...
Looking at the leadends we can see that after the second call the 4 is in the place that the 6 was when we started. Since the 6 dodges 6-7 down to begin with, this means
that the 4 has double-dodged 6-7 down at this call. Similarly, the 6 has double-dodged 6-7 up at this call. Look and see that
the same thing happens at the third and fourth calls.
At the fifth call the 4 takes the place that the 2 begins in - so the 4 must be in the hunt. The last call of the part (which could be a bob or a single) comes the very next lead and calls the 4 back out of the hunt.
We haven't look at what happens at the first call. Here the 4 double-dodges 4-5 up.
So the 4 rings a fairly regular pattern.
Bringing it all together we see...
You can then have a look at what your work is at every call...
| 4-5 down - this is what you do at the very start | ||
| P | 6-7 down | |
| S | double-dodge 4-5 up | |
| P | 3rds unaffected | |
| S | double-dodge 6-7 down | |
| P | 6-7 up | |
| P | 4-5 up | |
| P | 3rds unaffected | |
| B | double-dodge 6-7 down | |
| P | 6-7 up | |
| P | 4-5 up | |
| P | 3rds unaffected | |
| B | double-dodge 6-7 down | |
| P | 6-7 up | |
| B | make 3rds, into the hunt | |
| B | out of the hunt, double-dodge 4-5 down - (end of the part and start again) |
Further things you might like to do are...
Work out the exact position of the calls, there is no point putting them one or two blows early or late.
Note that after your last call that makes you double-dodge 6-7 down the 7 is in the hunt - handy if you've lost count of how many times
you have double-dodged 6-7 down.
Work out and learn which bell you dodge with at each part end - then you can use this to check that everything is still right.
Find your own pointers in the composition to get an idea of what is happening.
Look at the work of the 6 and 7.
I find it incredibly helpful to run through a quarter peal composition in advance with a more experienced conductor, just to check that I have understood properly what is going on.
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