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Danielw.brady at 10:44, 15 August 2011

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Ranemills: /* How to put it in to practice */

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How to put it in to practice

Danielw.brady at 12:47, 29 September 2009

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Danielw.brady: moved Coursing order to Coursing Order

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moved Coursing order to Coursing Order

Danielw.brady at 22:53, 28 September 2009

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Danielw.brady at 22:47, 28 September 2009

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Danielw.brady at 22:46, 28 September 2009

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-Lots of ringers talk about coursing order, but even some of the old hands who nod along don't know what it is or why its useful.  This is where you can tell the difference between people that call a touch, quarter or peal, and those who conduct.
+Lots of ringers talk about coursing order, but even some of the old hands who nod along don't know what it is or why it's useful. This is where you can tell the difference between people that call a touch, quarter or peal, and those who conduct.
-== Coursing Order, the Conductors friend ==
+== Coursing Order, the Conductor's friend ==
-Put basicaly when you understand and keep track of coursing order you can put people right, not just the hand wavey, theres a gap there "you on the 5th, fill it" sort of way, but actualy keep people in the ''right'' place.  You can't put people right unless you first know that they've gone wrong, so by pre-empting the order in which you pass the bells you can check that this actualy happens, and if it doesn't you can put people back in the right place, or if someone just looks vaguley lost, tell them which bell to course up or down for example.
+Put basically, when you understand and keep track of the coursing order you can put people right: not just the hand-wavey, there's a gap there "you on the 5th, fill it" sort of way, but actually keep people in the ''right'' place.  You can't put people right unless you first know that they've gone wrong. By pre-empting the order in which you pass the bells you can check that this actually happens, and if it doesn't you can put people back in the right place, or if someone just looks vaguely lost, tell them which bell to course up or down, for example.
-This is easier to see in Plain Methods especially Plain Bob & Little Bob, but is also there to see in some more complicated methods like Kent & Yorkshire, you just have to learn to see it.
+This is easier to see in Plain Methods, especially Plain Bob & Little Bob, but is also there to see in some more complicated methods like Kent & Yorkshire: you just have to learn to see it.
-== What is it ==
+== What is it? ==
-The basic Plain Bob coursing order is (for minor) 53246, quite simply put this is the order in which each bell passes the others and the treble barges in there at some point.  e.g. the 2nd passes the bells in the order 4653146531 as it comes off the lead (it of course can't pass itself).
+The basic Plain Bob coursing order is (for minor) 53246; quite simply put, this is the order in which each bell passes the others, with the treble barging in there at some point.  e.g. the 2nd passes the bells in the order 4653146531 as it comes off the lead (it can't pass itself, of course!).
 Seeing this is the first step.
-== How to put it in to practice ==
+== How to put it into practice ==
 At this point it is worth mentioning that callings are normally based around the tenor, so the 6th in this instance.
-Once you are happy with this you need to learn what happens when you call a bob or single, you may have noticed that a bob at Home only affects the 2, 3 & 4 so it stands to reason that these are the only bells to change in the coursing order.  The way it changes is like this;
+Once you are happy with this you need to learn what happens when you call a bob or single. You may have noticed that a bob at Home only affects the 2, 3 & 4, so it stands to reason that these are the only bells to change in the coursing order. The way it changes is like this:
 '''abc'''6 becomes 5'''bca'''6
 '''324'''6 becomes 5'''243'''6
-   this rotates the middle three bells in the couring order
+   This rotates the middle three bells in the coursing order.
-So now lets say you are ringing the 6th to a touch of Plain Bob Minor, the coursing order up till the first call is, 53246, you call a bob at home, the coursing order then becomes 5'''243'''6 and remains this way unitl the next call, lets say you call a second home, the coursing order becomes 5'''432'''6 until the next call, the third home will bring the coursing order back to 5'''324'''6 and the touch comes round.
+Now let's say you are ringing the 6th to a touch of Plain Bob Minor. The coursing order until the first call is 53246. You call a bob at Home, and the coursing order then becomes 5'''243'''6 and remains this way until the next call. You now call a second Home and the coursing order becomes 5'''432'''6 until the next call. The third Home will bring the coursing order back to 5'''324'''6, and the touch comes round.
-Now that wasn't too hard was it.  The next call you are likely to be using is a Wrong, if you think about the bells that are affected at a wrong (being the first call) you will see that it will be the 2, 3 & 5.  These are rotated in the couring order in the same way;
+Now that wasn't too hard, was it? The next call you are likely to be using is a Wrong. If you think about the bells that are affected at a Wrong (being the first call) you will see that they will be the 2, 3 & 5.  These are rotated in the coursing order in the same way;
    '''abc'''46 becomes '''bca'''46
    '''532'''46 becomes '''325'''46
-   this rotates the front three bells in the couring order
+   This rotates the front three bells in the coursing order.
-You can now attempt to call the touch, three wrongs, the coursing order changes thus;
+You can now attempt to call a touch with three Wrongs; the coursing order changes thus:
   W 32546
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   W 53246
-Now we come to the realy icky part, we have seen how just using calls at Wrong and Home the same bells are affected all the time, however we can now use both.  Below is a standard 360 of Plain Bob Minor, the first half of a 720, written out with the coursing orders next to the calls that produce them.
+Now we come to the really icky part! We have seen how just using calls at Wrong and Home the same bells are affected all the time. However, we can now use both. Below is a standard 360 of Plain Bob Minor, the first half of a 720, written out with the coursing orders next to the calls that produce them.
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 == Singles ==
-Are easy! Simply put a single (by deffinition) will only swap a single pair of bells.  A single at Home changes the coursing order thus;
+Are easy! Simply put, a single (by definition) will only swap a single pair of bells.  A single at Home changes the coursing order thus:
 '''3'''2'''4'''6 becomes 5'''4'''2'''3'''6
-and a single wrong affectes the coursing order like so;
+and a single at Wrong affects the coursing order like so:
   '''5'''3'''2'''46 becomes '''2'''3'''5'''46
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    W '''532'''46
   sH 5'''4'''2'''3'''6
-  this is repeated (you get the idea)
+  This is repeated (you get the idea).
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 == Calls at other Positions ==
-Wrong & Home are the only positions in Minor in which the tenor is unaffected at both bobs & singles, as it is conventional to keep the tenor fixed at the back of the coursing order the other calls become a little more difficult to keep track of, they are below:
+Wrong & Home are the only positions in Minor in which the tenor is unaffected at both bobs & singles. For this reason, it is conventional to keep the tenor fixed at the back of the coursing order. The other calls become a little more difficult to keep track of; they are given below:
-'''Before:  53246 => 54326''':  The best way to think of this, is that the last bell in the coursing order (excluding the tenor) becomes the 2nd, and everything else shifts up, this rule holds true on higher numbers.
+'''Before:  53246 => 54326''':  The best way to think of this is that the last bell in the coursing order (excluding the tenor) becomes the 2nd, and everything else shifts up, this rule also holding true on higher numbers.
 '''Single Before: 53246 => 43256''': First and last swap. Also holds true on higher numbers.
-'''Fourths: 53246 => 24536''': First two become last two (excluding tenor) the rest shifts down. Also holds true on higher numbers.
+'''Fourths: 53246 => 24536''': First two become last two (excluding tenor) the rest shift down. Also holds true on higher numbers.
-'''Single Fourths: 53246 => 24356''': First two become last two, and swap (excluding tenor) the rest shifts down. Also holds true on higher numbers.
+'''Single Fourths: 53246 => 24356''': First two become last two, and swap (excluding tenor) the rest shift down. Also holds true on higher numbers.
 '''In: 53246 => 25346''': View this as Penultimate becomes first & the rest shifts up, this way it holds true on higher numbers.
-'''Single In (Thrids): 53246 => 42536''': Last two become first two and swap, rest shifts up. Holds true on higher numbers.
+'''Single In (Thirds): 53246 => 42536''': Last two become first two and swap, the rest shift up. Holds true on higher numbers.
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    S Before  E975324680T => 097532468ET
-Most compositions on higher numbers will only use W, M & H as these keep the tenors together.  If you are only using these for exapmle then you needn't keep muttering the whole coursing order away to yourself, just the bit that will be affected, in this case just 53246.  If you were going to include calls at fifths in major however you would need to keep the whole lot in your head.
+Most compositions on higher numbers will only use W, M & H as these keep the tenors together.  If you are only using these, for example, then you needn't keep muttering the whole coursing order away to yourself, just the bit that will be affected, in this case just 53246.  If you were going to include calls at fifths in major, however, you would need to keep the whole lot in your head.
 == Other Calls ==
-The above holds true for the vast majority of methods, those that use fourths place calls.  If you are using other calls you will find that the coursing order will alter in different ways.  For example some n'ths place methods will use n-2 calls, i.e. 6ths place bobs in Major.  This is commonplace in methods such as Double Norwich Court Bob Major.  In this case it is often easy to think of other positions as Middle, Wrong, Home etc. For example where the tenor becomes 3rds place bell would be "Home" as this affects the 234, also the coursing order rotates the opposite way:
+The above holds true for the vast majority of methods, i.e., those that use fourths place calls.  If you are using other calls, you will find that the coursing order will alter in different ways.  For example some n'ths place methods will use n-2 calls, i.e. 6ths place bobs in Major.  This is commonplace in methods such as Double Norwich Court Bob Major. In this case it is often easy to think of other positions as Middle, Wrong, Home etc. For example, where the tenor becomes 3rds place bell would be "Home" as this affects the 234, also the coursing order rotates the opposite way:
 '''abc'''6 becomes 5'''cab'''6
 '''324'''6 becomes 5'''432'''6
 This is also used to good effect in some higher number peals and quarters to produce a more standard length without "splitting" the tenors.  For example using 6ths or 8ths place calls in Yorkshire Royal or Maximus respectively will have exactly the same affect as a Before in Major.

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	Most compositions on higher numbers will only use W, M & H as these keep the tenors together. If you are only using these for exapmle then you needn't keep muttering the whole coursing order away to yourself, just the bit that will be affected, in this case just 53246. If you were going to include calls at fifths in major however you would need to keep the whole lot in your head.		Most compositions on higher numbers will only use W, M & H as these keep the tenors together. If you are only using these for exapmle then you needn't keep muttering the whole coursing order away to yourself, just the bit that will be affected, in this case just 53246. If you were going to include calls at fifths in major however you would need to keep the whole lot in your head.
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		+	== Other Calls ==
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		+	The above holds true for the vast majority of methods, those that use fourths place calls. If you are using other calls you will find that the coursing order will alter in different ways. For example some n'ths place methods will use n-2 calls, i.e. 6ths place bobs in Major. This is commonplace in methods such as Double Norwich Court Bob Major. In this case it is often easy to think of other positions as Middle, Wrong, Home etc. For example where the tenor becomes 3rds place bell would be "Home" as this affects the 234, also the coursing order rotates the opposite way:
		+	5'''abc'''6 becomes 5'''cab'''6
		+	5'''324'''6 becomes 5'''432'''6
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		+	This is also used to good effect in some higher number peals and quarters to produce a more standard length without "splitting" the tenors. For example using 6ths or 8ths place calls in Yorkshire Royal or Maximus respectively will have exactly the same affect as a Before in Major.

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   W 32546
-  W 25345
+  W 25346
   W 53246
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   H 2'''534'''6
   W '''532'''46
 == Singles ==

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    Before    975324680 => 987532460
    S Before  975324680 => 875324690
 Most compositions on higher numbers will only use W, M & H as these keep the tenors together.  If you are only using these for exapmle then you needn't keep muttering the whole coursing order away to yourself, just the bit that will be affected, in this case just 53246.  If you were going to include calls at fifths in major however you would need to keep the whole lot in your head.

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 == Higher Numbers ==
-Major
+'''Major'''
    Home      7532468 => 7524368
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    Before    7532468 => 7653248
    S Before  7532468 => 6532478

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 == Higher Numbers ==
-  Major
+Major
    Home      7532468 => 7524368
    Wrong     7532468 => 7325468
    Middle    7532468 => 7534628
    Fifths    7532468 => 5372468
    Fourths   7532468 => 3246758
    S Fourths 7532468 => 3246578
    In        7532468 => 4753268
    S Thirds  7532468 => 6475328
    Before    7532468 => 7653248
    S Before  7532468 => 6532478

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	'''Single In (Thrids): 53246 => 42536''': Last two become first two and swap, rest shifts up. Holds true on higher numbers.		'''Single In (Thrids): 53246 => 42536''': Last two become first two and swap, rest shifts up. Holds true on higher numbers.
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		+	== Higher Numbers ==
		+
		+	Major
		+
		+	Home 7532468 => 7524368
		+
		+	Wrong 7532468 => 7325468
		+
		+	Middle 7532468 => 7534628
		+
		+	Fifths 7532468 => 5372468
		+
		+	Fourths 7532468 => 3246758
		+
		+	S Fourths 7532468 => 3246578
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		+	In 7532468 => 4753268
		+
		+	S Thirds 7532468 => 6475328
		+
		+	Before 7532468 => 7653248
		+
		+	S Before 7532468 => 6532478

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	'''Before: 53246 => 54326''': The best way to think of this, is that the last bell in the coursing order (excluding the tenor) becomes the 2nd, and everything else shifts up, this rule holds true on higher numbers.		'''Before: 53246 => 54326''': The best way to think of this, is that the last bell in the coursing order (excluding the tenor) becomes the 2nd, and everything else shifts up, this rule holds true on higher numbers.
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		+	'''Single Before: 53246 => 43256''': First and last swap. Also holds true on higher numbers.
		+
		+	'''Fourths: 53246 => 24536''': First two become last two (excluding tenor) the rest shifts down. Also holds true on higher numbers.
		+
		+	'''Single Fourths: 53246 => 24356''': First two become last two, and swap (excluding tenor) the rest shifts down. Also holds true on higher numbers.
		+
		+	'''In: 53246 => 25346''': View this as Penultimate becomes first & the rest shifts up, this way it holds true on higher numbers.
		+
		+	'''Single In (Thrids): 53246 => 42536''': Last two become first two and swap, rest shifts up. Holds true on higher numbers.