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THE FULL FOUR-WAY TABLE OF METHOD NAMES
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Detailed Tables with method names:
part1 part2 part3 part4INTRODUCTION
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 |
(4523) |
(5423) |
(4532) |
(4523) |
Table 1A 2345 no methods |
Table 1D 2354 no methods |
Table 1F 3245 no methods |
(5423) |
Table 1E 3245 no methods |
Table 1B 3245 no methods |
Table 1H 2345 no methods |
(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 |
(5234) |
(5342) |
(various) |
(4523) |
Table 2A 3452 16 methods |
Table 2B 3524 16 methods |
Table 2C Various 8 methods |
(5423) |
Table 2D 3542 16 methods |
Table 2E 3425 16 methods |
Table 2F various 16 methods |
(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 |
(4523) |
(5423) |
(4532) |
(5234) |
Table 3A 3452 16 methods |
Table 3D 3542 16 methods |
Table 3G 2453 16 methods |
(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 |
(5234) |
(5342) |
4-bell work (various) |
(5234) |
Table 4A 4523 no methods |
Table 4C 2534 16 methods |
Table 4E 2453 8 methods |
(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 |