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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Where bells follow each other in sequence this is known as rounds.
By adjusting the speed the rope is pulled it is possible to alter the
speed of the bell. By ringing the bell faster you can strike your bell
before the bell that was in front of you in the previous change or by
ringing slower you can ring over the bell that was previously behind
you. The following shows each adjacent pair of bells changing places:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
2 1 4 3 6 5 8 7
A method is where there is a sequence of changes and no
change has the same order of bells. If the changes are written out with
each one underneath the previous one then a pattern is created. Methods
always start and ends in rounds. The simplest method is called Plain
Hunt and is shown here with 6 bells:
1 2 3 4
5 6
2 1 4 3 6 5
2 4 1 6 3 5
4 2 6 1 5
3
4 6 2 5 1
3
6 4 5 2 3 1
6 5 4 3 2 1
5 6 3 4 1
2
5 3 6 1 4
2
3 5 1 6 2
4
3 1 5 2 6
4
1 3 2 5 4
6
1 2 3 4 5
6
The maximum number of different changes that can be rung on five
bells is 120, on six bells it is 720, on seven 5,040 and on eight is
40,320. The number of changes rung at one time without stopping defines the different types of performances. A Peal is where there are 5000 or more changes rung. At Inveraray this takes about three and half hours to ring. A Quarter Peal consists of at least 1250 changes and take just under one hour. Currently most performances at Inveraray are peals.
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