Triples and Majors for Beginners.
William Butler.
A Central Council publication @1986.
£2.50
“Beginners” is a relative term. This book was written as the fourth in the progressive change ringing series and is a sequel to the doubles and minor for beginners book. This book on Triples and Majors assumes that you have good bell-handling and competency in the methods covered in the previous book e.g, Plain Bob Doubles, Reverse Canterbury Doubles, Plain Bob Minor etc.
There’s no shilly-shallying here, we’re straight into Plain Bob Major. The reader is encouraged to write out the blue line for the method, starting with the path of the second bell, which finishes in fourth’s place at the end of the 1st lead, then continuing to write out the blue line until by the end of the seventh lead you’re back in second’s place.
Unlike doubles and minor for beginners there are no “circle of work” diagrams, this book sticks to the blue line approach, the assertion being the reader now has enough experience to visualise the circle of work from the information given in the book. That might work for some, but personally I find it helps to write down the “circle of work” for a visual reference.
Tables show the work required at the bob or single, and the effects of these are shown by the blue line bell sequence under the table. So far, so good. Now it gets more involved as touches for a method are discussed. For Plain Bob Major, there is an explanation of bobs being called at Wrong, Middle and Before. At this point I have to confess I’ve reached my limit of understanding. It’ll be a conversation with a few of my more experienced bell ringing friends to explain this section for each of the methods discussed in this book.
Similar to doubles and minor for beginners there are question sections at key points throughout the book. I suggest you read the previous section again to see if you can find the answer before you check the answers at the back of the book.
As I said at the start of the review “Beginners” is a relative term. This one will require more study and conversation, but I’m hopeful one day I’ll “get it”.
Amanda Burch.
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