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Bell Handling Tricks – Number Four Will Shock You!

I have been ringing for 6.5 years but I am still learning things about handling! Teaching in a tower with a very long draught will cause this. Here are a few of the things I’ve noticed recently (I don’t really think number four will shock anyone but you never know!): Have you noticed any weirdContinue reading “Bell Handling Tricks – Number Four Will Shock You!”

Ringing by Whole Pulls

I think about whole pulls in basically all of my ringing, but there are some methods or parts of methods where I find it even more useful to break the line down into whole pulls. Plain hunt on four has a whole pull hunting up, a whole pull lying at the back, a whole pullContinue reading “Ringing by Whole Pulls”

Getting Better

When I taught kids to play violin and cello, I noticed that as they got better at playing a particular piece they would start playing it faster without realizing it. In my own learning experiences I’ve noticed a kind of subjective slowing as I get better, in driving a car, Irish step dancing, and handlingContinue reading “Getting Better”

A Minimus Method Visualization Tool

This post is about a visualization tool I developed in an attempt to show how change-ringing methods sound different from each other. Here I’ll look specifically at the minimus version. There are eleven plain minimus methods that contain all 24 permutations of four in their plain course. In change-ringing terms, the plain course is theContinue reading “A Minimus Method Visualization Tool”

First Bob

Welcome to my blog about the English art of change ringing! I’m Alison Stevens and you can read a little about me on the about page. The blog name and URL both mention sallies and bobs, things commonly referred to in change ringing. Sallies are the colorful fuzzy parts of change-ringing ropes. Bobs are aContinue reading “First Bob”