CONDUCTING J. J. PARKER'S
12 PART PEAL OF GRANDSIRE TRIPLES
The Composition
234567
752634 1 in
1
237546 3 out at 3
2
S 562437 1 home with a single
3
375246 2 before
4
753246 4 in
5
627453 1 out
6
276453 4 before
7
762453 4 in
8
537246 2 out at 2
9
S 265437 1 home with a single
10
742365 1 in
11
537642 1 out
12
S 625437 1 home with a single
13
376542 2 before
14
423657 2 home
15
Eleven times repeated.
S for B half way and end.
The peal as shown above can be
called in two ways: either, count the leads between calls as given by the
numbers or, call the 7th in the calling places shown. In addition, different
bells may be used as observation bell, but we will use the 7th. Since the
counting of leads between calls is too difficult to sustain for three hours
(especially during firing situations) we will use the calling positions
instead of number of leads.
Coursing Order
The normal way to conduct Grandsire Triples
is to maintain a 6-figure coursing order which represents the order in
which the bells come to lead after the Treble has lead. For the first lead
of the Plain Course this order is 234675. At each lead end this must be
transposed so that the last bell is placed second. Thus the coursing order
for the second lead is 253467. That for the third lead is 275346, and so
on.
At a bob, the coursing order is changed
by placing the final two bells first. Thus a bob at the first lead end
of the Plain Course would generate the coursing order 752346 instead of
253467. At a single, the final two bells are placed first as at a bob,
but are also reversed. A single at the first lead end would generate 572346
instead of 253467.
Whilst this system helps ensure that
the bells lead in the correct order it is flawed for the following reasons:
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The coursing order must be changed at each at each lead end,
which is difficult to do.
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A 6-figure coursing order is an order of magnitude more difficult
to remember that a 5 or 4 figure coursing order,
-
Patterns within the coursing order are, perhaps, less easy
to spot when you must keep your entire mind occupied with simply remembering
it.
With these objections to the standard
coursing order for Grandsire in mind, there is a much simple system which
strongly resembles that for 'ordinary' methods. For a complete description
of this system, see 'Conducting Grandsire Triples'.
Parker's 12-part peal only requires transpositions for calls at Home (bobs
and singles), In, Out and Before. The following discussions will be based
on this system and will show how to use the coursing order to make the
peal unmiscallable.
Studying The Composition
It is important to be able to extract
the coursing order from the lead heads given in the above diagram. For
instance, any row of the form 1abcdef, where the 7th is not in the hunt
(not bell a) will have the coursing order bcefd, rotated so that the 7th
is at the start and then dropped. Any row such as 17abcde will have the
coursing order abdec.
The Basic Plan
At the end of each part, bells 2, 3 and
4 are rotated, bells 5 and 6 are swapped and bell 7 comes home. This means
that the coursing order at the end of each part is either 5xx6 or 6xx5.
Each part can be views as being in two parts: the first 5 leads and the
rest.
The First Five Leads
The first call, In is made with a coursing
order of the form 5xx6 or 6xx5. Notice that when this call is made neither
5 nor 6 is in the hunt. In the first part the In gives us the coursing
order 52346. Since the next call Out is call 3 leads later, this coursing
order becomes 65234, 46523 and then the Out gives us 4653. At this point,
the bell which was in the hunt at the start of the part goes back into
the hunt at the Out. Not only that but neither 5 nor 6 is at either end
of the coursing order and had the call been made one lead later then either
the 5th or 6th would have gone into the hunt. The call at the 5th lead
end is a single at Home.
From these first 5 leads we have seen
to signposts: the In is called with neither 5 nor 6 in the hunt after the
course end and the single Home is called when neither 5 nor 6 is at either
end of the coursing order as the Home approaches. These two rules will
apply throughout the entire peal.
The Rest - Befores
The next call is the Before in line 4.
Notice the coursing order before this call (look at line 3): 4623. Here
the 5th is in the hunt. Compare this with the Befores in lines 7 and 14.
In these cases the 6th is in the hunt before the call. In the other parts,
the 5th and 6th will be swapped, which means that in each part as each
Before approaches, either the 5th or 6th will be in the hunt. The rule
is that when either the 5th or 6th is in the hunt once the course end has
passed then the next call is a Before.
The Rest - Ins
The coursing orders immediately before
the Ins in lines 5, 8 and 11 are called are: 5462, 6534 and 4653. It will
be noticed that in each of these neither the 5th nor 6th is in the hunt.
This gives us the rule that after the course end if neither the 5th nor
6th is in the hunt then the next call is an In.
The Rest - Outs
The Outs in lines 6 9 and 12 give the
coursing orders: 5342 4623 and 4263. In each case it is either the 5th
or 6th that goes into the hunt as the 7th comes out. Not only that but
the In in line 8 gives the coursing order 62534. The out at 2 in line 9
is called with the coursing order having bell rotated to 46253. It will
be noticed that the Out is called as soon as either the 5th or 6th would
go into the hunt. This gives us the rule that when the 7th is in the hunt
the Out is called as soon as either the 5th or 6th would go into the hunt.
The Rest - Homes
The Homes in lines 10, 13 and 15 are called
when the coursing orders prior to the call are: 4623 4263 and 6425. It
will be noticed that in each of these cases either: neither the 5th nor
6th is at either end of the coursing order, or: both the 5th and 6th are
at each end of the coursing order. This is an extension of the rule given
earlier in the first five leads. It can be called the "neither or both"
rule. A look at the coursing order following the Befores and Outs at which
a Home could be called but isn't (lines 4 6 and 7) shows that this rule
is violated, because either the 5th or 6th, but not neither nor both, is
at one end or other of the coursing order: 5462 5342 and 6534.
As an extension to the both or neither
rule, if the neither condition is satisfied then the call is a single otherwise
it is a bob (apart from half way and end).
Summary Of Rules
The First Five Leads
Rule 1 Call the 7th into the hunt at the first lead end (which
conforms to Rule 5 below).
Rule 2 Call the 7th out of the hunt when, to leave the
call an additional lead would put either the 5th or 6th into the hunt.
Rule 3 The coursing order has neither the 5th nor 6th
at either end and so call a single Home at the next lead end (which conforms
to Rule 4 below).
The Rest
Rule 4 If either: the 5th and 6th are at each end of the
coursing order, or: neither the 5th nor 6th is at either end as a possible
Home approaches then call a Home (single if "neither" and bob if "both").
Rule 5 After a course end, if either the 5th or 6th is
in the hunt then call a Before otherwise call an In.
Rule 6 When the 7th is in the hunt call an Out as soon
as either the 5th or 6th would go into the hunt.
Rules 1 and 3 are equivalent to rules 4 and 5 and can
therefore be ignored as separate rules.
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