Campanalogia : $b or The art of ringing improved : with plain and easie rules to guide the practitioner in the ringing all kinds of changes, to which is added, great variety of new peals.Stedman, Fabian
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Campanalogia : $b or The art of ringing improved : with plain and easie rules to guide the practitioner in the ringing all kinds of changes, to which is added, great variety of new peals.
Stedman, Fabian
Bells; Change ringing
The method of the Seven hundred and twenty, hath an absolute dependency
upon the method of the Sixscore changes on five bells; for five of the
notes are to make the sixscore changes, and the sixth note hunts
continually through them, and every time it leads or lies behind them,
one of the Sixscore changes must then be made. The method of the Seven
hundred and Twenty is in effect the same with that of the Sixscore: for
as the Sixscore comprehended the Twenty four changes on four, and the
Six on three; so likewise the Seven hundred and twenty comprehend the
Sixscore changes on five, the Twenty four changes on four, and the Six
changes on three. Therefore here must be three Hunts, and three Extream
bells: the three Hunts are thus distinguished; one of them is call’d the
_whole-hunt_, another the _half-hunt_, and the other the _quarter-hunt_.
The Half-hunt, Quarter-hunt, and three Extream bells, are to make the
Sixscore changes; the Quarter-hunt and three Extream bells are to make
the Twenty four changes, and the three Extream bells are to make the
_six_ changes, which are here also called _extream_ changes, and made in
the same manner as before I have shewed upon four bells. In this example
here prickt, _treble_ is the _whole-hunt_, _2d_ the _half-hunt_, _3d_
the _quarter-hunt_, and _4 5 6_ _extream_ bells. Now ’tis observable,
that 4 5 6 are to make the six _extream_ changes, which will divide the
_seven hundred and twenty_ into six equal parts; the 3 4 5 6 are to make
the _twenty four_ changes, wherein the _3d_ is the _hunt_, (but in the
_seven hundred and twenty_ ’tis call’d the _quarter-hunt_;) and 2 3 4 5
6 are to make the _sixscore_ changes, wherein the _2d_ is the
_whole-hunt_ (though in the 720 ’tis call’d the _half-hunt_,) by which
’tis evident, that the _treble_ continually hunts through these five 2 3
4 5 6, the _2d_ through the four 3 4 5 6, and the _3d_ through these
three 4 5 6; which are assigned for the respective _hunts_ to hunt
through, from the beginning to the end of the peal. First the _treble_
hunts up (_a_). Now one of the _sixscore_ changes must be made,
therefore the _2d_ being the _hunt_ in the _sixscore_, must begin its
course through the other four notes (_b_). The _treble_ hunts down
(_c_); the _2d_ proceeds in its course (_d_); the _treble_ hunts up
(_e_). The _2d_ proceedeth forward in its course (_f_); the _treble_
hunts down (_g_); the _2d_ proceeds forward (_h_); the _treble_ hunts up
(_i_); the _2d_, which is the _half-hunt_, should now proceed forward,
but having finished its course through the four bells, therefore the
_3d_, which is the _quarter-hunt_, must begin its motion through the
_extream_ bells (_k_). The _treble_ hunts down (_l_). The _half-hunt_
must now begin its course again through the four bells, and first
therefore it moves down under the 6 (_m_). The _treble_ must hunt up
again, and then the _2d_ must move down under another bell, which method
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