Plain Bob Minor is rung fairly regularly. A quarter peal requires at least 540 changes to be added to the 720 changes of the extent. There is the 'normal' 540, which goes like this:-
| 540 Plain Bob Minor |
| 23456 W H |
| 45236 - - |
| 32456 - S |
| 34256 S |
| Repeat twice (3-part) |
| ('W'= 5-6 up; 'H'= 5-6 down; '-' = bob; 'S' = single) |
There are a few other options for the extra length, just to spice things up a bit if the normal one gets boring. Here is one I arranged to give an overall length of 1296 (the extra bit is 576 changes), when there was a push to ring quarters of 1296 changes on 1st February 1996 (uh, gettit?).
That initiative won't return for a long time. It would be a shame if such 'specialist' touches were to sink into oblivion, when, for the sake of a few extra changes, a more interesting Quarter might derive. Here is 'my' 576:-
| 576 Plain Bob Minor |
| 23456 W 4ths B In H |
| 35426 - - |
| 25346 - 2 |
| 45236 - - 2 - |
| 32456 - S |
| Repeated (2 part) |
| ('W'= 5-6 up; 'B'= run out; 'H'= 5-6 down; '-' = one bob; '2' = 2 bobs (in twice); 'S' = single) |
'Hmmm,' somebody with a long memory might say, 'I've seen that before somewhere'. Indeed you have. It was in the FSG January 1996 Newsletter; and it was in a letter from me to the Ringing World at about that time.
Go on - give it an airing. And yes, it is true (computer proved).
Chris Povey