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THE FULL FOUR-WAY TABLE OF METHOD NAMES

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Detailed Tables with method names: part1 part2 part3 part4

INTRODUCTION

METHODS SCOPE

The table covers all doubles methods which:

Within these constraints there are 24 different types of work below the treble, and, reversing them, 24 above the treble. These workings conveniently split into

or

Methods are colour-categorised in these tables by the number of leads in the plain course - noting that a lead-end that has a period of two (eg 1 3 2 5 4 or 1 2 3 5 4) is not recognised as a method and coloured pink. Similarly those sequences of 10 changes ending in rounds (1 lead non-methods) are not recognised as methods and are coloured red.

4-lead methods

132

3-lead methods

210

2-lead non-methods

159

1-lead non-methods

75

 

THE FIRST 'FOUR-WAY' TABLE

The first 'four-way table' published to help classify ringing methods was of Treble-bob Minor methods. Across the top of the table is all the possible work above the treble, and down the side of the table is all the possible work below the treble. By the symmetry of ringing, these are mirror images of one another. Within each group there is a subset in which 'an internal place was made at the treble cross-section'. It is relevant here to recognise only that this classification determined a significant part of the name of the method: those with internal places both above and below the treble are 'Surprise' methods, those with no internal places are 'Treble Bob', those with internal place only above or only below are 'Delight' - and are sub-classified as 'Thirds-Place Delight' and 'Fourths-Place Delight' respectively. They are laid out in four sections of the table thus:

TREBLE BOB MINOR METHODS

No internal places above

No internal places below

DELIGHT MINOR METHODS (3rds Place Delight)

No internal places above

Internal places below

DELIGHT MINOR METHODS (4ths Place Delight)

Internal places above

No internal places below

SURPRISE MINOR METHODS

Internal places above

Internal places below

 

THE FOUR-WAY DOUBLES TABLE

There are two defining parts of each method

Following the example of the Treble-bob Minor table, work in Doubles methods either above or below the treble is classified into two distinct types

This table is therefore in four parts, one for each of these combinations. Note that one of the four parts consists entirely of 2-lead non-methods and 1-lead non-methods

FOUR-WAY DOUBLES TABLE - PART 1

Two-bell-work above

Two-bell-work below

FOUR-WAY DOUBLES TABLE - PART 2

3/4-bell-work above

Two-bell-work below

FOUR-WAY DOUBLES TABLE - PART 3

Two-bell-work above

3/4-bell-work below

FOUR-WAY DOUBLES TABLE - PART 4

3/4-bell-work above

3/4-bell-work below

 

This classification is best presented on a large sheet of paper with all 24-by-24 (576) cells.  

GROUPS TABLE

For electronic presentation, it is better to recognise that within the four parts of the table, there is a further subdivision into methods with similar work above and below the treble. In most cases these similar methods have the same coursing order and hence course length - and they happen to fall into six groups of four. They are coded below by the length of plain course.

One of the groups of four - called '4-bell-work' - have different coursing orders for each member of the group - and hence different numbers of leads within the group. These are shown with an uncoloured background in this summary table, and the individual methods are shown with their colour-coded lead lengths in the detailed tables.

This table has 36 cells, each referring to a subsidiary table of 16 cells, making up the full four-way table of 576 cells.

above

below

StSimons Group

Long3 Group

Rugby Group

PlainBob Group

Extreme Group

4-bell-work

StSimons Group

Table 1A

Table 1D

Table 1F

Table 2A

Table 2B

Table 2C

Long3 Group

Table 1E

Table 1B

Table 1H

Table 2D

Table 2E

Table 2F

Rugby Group

Table 1G

Table 1J

Table 1C

Table 2G

Table 2H

Table 2J

PlainBob Group

Table 3A

Table 3D

Table 3G

Table 4A

Table 4C

Table 4E

Extreme Group

Table 3B

Table 3E

Table 3H

Table 4D

Table 4B

Table 4G

4-bell-work

Table 3C

Table 3F

Table 3J

Table 4F

Table 4H

Table 4J


FOUR-WAY DOUBLES TABLE - PART 1

This part of the four-way table has

Note that this part of the Four-Way table has no methods. They all have only one or two leads.

above

below

StSimons group

(4523)

Long3 group

(5423)

Rugby group

(4532)

StSimons group

(4523)

Table 1A

2345

no methods

Table 1D

2354

no methods

Table 1F

3245

no methods

Long3 group

(5423)

Table 1E

3245

no methods

Table 1B

3245 no methods

Table 1H

2345

no methods

Rugby group

(4532)

Table 1G

2354

no methods

Table 1J

2345

no methods

Table 1C

3254

no methods

 


FOUR-WAY DOUBLES TABLE - PART 2

This part of the four-way table has

above

below

PlainBob group

(5234)

Extreme group

(5342)

4-bell-work

(various)

StSimons group

(4523)

Table 2A

3452

16 methods

Table 2B

3524

16 methods

Table 2C

Various

8 methods

Long3 group

(5423)

Table 2D

3542

16 methods

Table 2E

3425

16 methods

Table 2F

various

16 methods

Rugby group

(4532)

Table 2G

2453

16 methods

Table 2H

2534

16 methods

Table 2J

various

16 methods

 


FOUR-WAY DOUBLES TABLE - PART 3

This part of the four-way table has

above

below

StSimons group

(4523)

Long3 group

(5423)

Rugby group

(4532)

PlainBob group

(5234)

Table 3A

3452

16 methods

Table 3D

3542

16 methods

Table 3G

2453

16 methods

Extreme group

(5342)

Table 3B

3524

16 methods

Table 3E

3425

16 methods

Table 3H

2534

16 methods

4-bell work

(various)

Table 3C

various

8 methods

Table 3F

various

16 methods

Table 3J

various

16 methods

 


FOUR-WAY DOUBLES TABLE - PART 4

This part of the four-way table has

above

below

PlainBob group

(5234)

Extreme group

(5342)

4-bell work

(various)

PlainBob group

(5234)

Table 4A

4523

no methods

Table 4C

2534

16 methods

Table 4E

2453

8 methods

Extreme group

(5342)

Table 4D

4235

16 methods

Table 4B

2345

no methods

Table 4G

2534

8 methods

4-bell work

(various)

Table 4F

various

8 methods

Table 4H

various

8 methods

Table 4J

various

4 methods