Bellringing music is like no other…
It is not written on a standard score, is performed entirely from memory and is learnt by the path of the order that each bell sounds.
Bells start out by ringing down the scale, the familiar sound of bells we all know. This is written out as 1 2 3 4 5 6 if there are six bells involved. But to ring changes bells change their place in the order each time they strike. So, for example, the first strike after ringing down the scale would be 2 1 4 3 6 5. All six bells have swapped place with their neighbour. Next the combination goes to 2 4 1 6 3 5. This time the internal bells move place, whilst the leading bell, number 2, and the back bell, number 5, do not move.
Bellringers learn the path that their bell makes through the sequence. They remember the line of the route, which is known as the blue line. These sequences are known as methods are have names such as Plain Bob Minor and Cambridge Surprise Major.
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A-peal-ling
In bellringing, a peal is a period of continuous ringing, usually lasting around three hours and with over 5,000 changes – all rung from memory of the method’s blue line. They are often rung for special occasions and commemorated with boards in towers.