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I started these pages as notes for myself, laying out the information I needed as I reached each stage in ringing. I found that the standard printed information was not always what helped me at that stage; in some cases I needed more, in other cases, the standard information didn't seem to help me much. Of course, different learners need different information; this is what worked for me.

At the beginning stages, you have to be taught one-on-one by an experienced ringer and nothing else will substitute; in addition, the physical skills of bell handling require ongoing attention and practice. I don't address those issues here.

• Ringing charts
  
  • Example charts
  • Graphical examples (as at right)
  • Online generator for textual charts and graphical diagrams
  • Perl script to generate them offline
  • Reference cards in Miami
• My ringing diary; a log from when I started learning to ring
• Knots used in ringing
• Ropesight
• Kaleidoscope exercises; reference card
• Ringing evenly
• Call Changes
  • Calling up
  • Cases for calling up
  • Calling down
  • Cases for calling down
  • Practice call changes using a program
  • Some sequences of Call Changes
  • The 36 changes on 5 (Coleman Bellringer's Early Companion p.157, Especially Good for Weddings)
    • called down (two pages)
    • called up (two pages)
  • Perl script to check and print sequences of call changes offline
• Plain Hunt
  • Plain Hunt study sheet
  • Reference card for Plain Hunt on 3 and 4
  • Reference card for Plain Hunt on 5
  • Reference card for Plain Hunt on 6
  • Reference card for Plain Hunt on 7
  • Reference card for Plain Hunt on 8
  • Plain Hunt diagram from which to make a cylinder (cf. cylinder for Plain Bob)
• Improve your knowledge of coursing orders, etc. using a program
• Practice where to look using a program
• Hunting speeds calculator
  • Ringing speeds
• Bastow Little Bob
  • Bastow Little Bob Minimus (four bells)
    • Bastow Little Bob Minimus study sheet
    • Reference card for Bastow Little Bob Minimus
• Plain Bob
  • Useful facts for any number of bells : reference card
  • Plain Bob Doubles
    • Ringing a plain course of Plain Bob Doubles by following
    • Ringing a touch of Plain Bob Doubles
    • Reference card for Plain Bob Doubles
    • Reference card for Plain Bob Doubles in terms of treble-course-after
  • Plain Bob Minor
    • Ringing a plain course of Plain Bob Minor by following
    • Ringing a touch of Plain Bob Minor
    • Study sheet for Plain Bob Minor
    • Reference card for Plain Bob Minor
  • Plain Bob Minimus
    • Ringing a plain course of Plain Bob Minimus by following
    • Reference card for Plain Bob Minimus : study sheet for Plain Bob Minimus
    • Reference card for Passing the Treble in Plain Bob Minimus
    • Reference card for Dodges in Plain Bob Minimus
    • Ringing a touch of Plain Bob Minimus
    • Reference card for Bobs in Plain Bob Minimus
    • Reference card for Plain Bob Minimus in terms of treble-course-after
    • Plain Bob diagram from which to make a cylinder (cf. cylinder for Plain Hunt)
• Grandsire
  • Doubles
    • Reference card
• Cloister
  • Doubles
    • Reference card
• The motion of bell and rope
• Treble bobbing
• Summary table of methods
• Leading practices and performances
• An index of methods and principles in Snowden Diagrams:
  • 1998 edition
  • 2011 edition
  • Comparison of the 1998 and 2011 editions

Parts of a bell, from front and side.
The side view omits the part of the bellframe closest to the viewer.

A change ringing bell swings through about a full circle when ringing.
The rope's position looks the same for a bell that is down in its safe, stable position (left), and a bell that is up at handstroke, ready to be rung (center). The bell also swings in the other direction to be up at backstroke (right), with only the tail of the rope within the ringer's reach.

A bell set at handstroke (left), with its stay resting against the slider, and a bell set at backstroke (right), with its stay resting against the slider on the other side.
A set bell is stable (though still dangerous since a small pull on the rope will set it swinging). The slider slides from side to side as needed to give room for the bell to be set at either stroke.

☞ Hunting speeds calculator

• thomas · alspaugh @ acm · org
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• 2013Jul13Sa15:13
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