Devon call changes

Sixty On Thirds

The bells are first called into Queens (i.e. "Thirds"), then there are 60 calls, bringing the bells back to Queens, then into Rounds. You will notice that the treble does a form of Plain Hunt Doubles, going up to the back and down to the front, with additional calls being made each time the treble is leading or lying behind.

    1 2 3 4 5 6   Rounds
4 to 5   1 2 3 5 4 6   First get the bells into Queens
2 to 3   1 3 2 5 4 6    
2 to 5   1 3 5 2 4 6   Queens
1 to 3   3 1 5 2 4 6   Move treble up to back
1 to 5   3 5 1 2 4 6    
1 to 2   3 5 2 1 4 6    
1 to 4   3 5 2 4 1 6    
3 to 5   5 3 2 4 1 6   Start moving the 3rd up
4 to 1   5 3 2 1 4 6   Move the treble down again
2 to 1   5 3 1 2 4 6    
3 to 1   5 1 3 2 4 6    
5 to 1   1 5 3 2 4 6    
3 to 2   1 5 2 3 4 6   Move the 3rd up again
1 to 5   5 1 2 3 4 6   Treble out to the back
1 to 2   5 2 1 3 4 6    
1 to 3   5 2 3 1 4 6    
1 to 4   5 2 3 4 1 6    
3 to 4   5 2 4 3 1 6   Move the 3rd up one place
3 to 1   5 2 4 1 3 6   Treble in
4 to 1   5 2 1 4 3 6    
2 to 1   5 1 2 4 3 6    
5 to 1   1 5 2 4 3 6    
5 to 2   1 2 5 4 3 6   The 3rd is at the back, so now start moving the 5th up
1 to 2   2 1 5 4 3 6   Treble up
1 to 5   2 5 1 4 3 6    
1 to 4   2 5 4 1 3 6    
1 to 3   2 5 4 3 1 6    
5 to 4   2 4 5 3 1 6   Move the 5th up another place
3 to 1   2 4 5 1 3 6   Treble down
5 to 1   2 4 1 5 3 6    
4 to 1   2 1 4 5 3 6    
2 to 1   1 2 4 5 3 6    
5 to 3   1 2 4 3 5 6   5th up again - there's a short cut back to rounds from here
1 to 2   2 1 4 3 5 6   Treble up to the back
1 to 4   2 4 1 3 5 6    
1 to 3   2 4 3 1 5 6    
1 to 5   2 4 3 5 1 6    
2 to 4   4 2 3 5 1 6   The 5th has passed all the other bells except the treble, so now start moving the 2nd up
5 to 1   4 2 3 1 5 6   Treble in
3 to 1   4 2 1 3 5 6    
2 to 1   4 1 2 3 5 6    
4 to 1   1 4 2 3 5 6    
2 to 3   1 4 3 2 5 6   2nd up another place
1 to 4   4 1 3 2 5 6   Treble up to the back
1 to 3   4 3 1 2 5 6    
1 to 2   4 3 2 1 5 6    
1 to 5   4 3 2 5 1 6    
2 to 5   4 3 5 2 1 6   Move 2nd up again
2 to 1   4 3 5 1 2 6   And then bring the treble back down to the front
5 to 1   4 3 1 5 2 6    
3 to 1   4 1 3 5 2 6    
4 to 1   1 4 3 5 2 6    
4 to 3   1 3 4 5 2 6   The 2nd is at the back, so start moving the 4th up
1 to 3   3 1 4 5 2 6   Treble up again
1 to 4   3 4 1 5 2 6    
1 to 5   3 4 5 1 2 6    
1 to 2   3 4 5 2 1 6    
4 to 5   3 5 4 2 1 6   4th up one place
2 to 1   3 5 4 1 2 6   Treble down
4 to 1   3 5 1 4 2 6    
5 to 1   3 1 5 4 2 6    
3 to 1   1 3 5 4 2 6    
4 to 2   1 3 5 2 4 6   4th up one more place, back the Queens
5 to 2   1 3 2 5 4 6   Get back to Rounds
3 to 2   1 2 3 5 4 6    
5 to 4   1 2 3 4 5 6   Ta da!

Queens Peal

This is an 8-bell composition, again starting and finishing in Queens. Here each bell in turn is moved up to the back, giving 42 changes, plus 6 to get into Queens at the start and 6 to get back from Queens at the end; 54 in all.

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8   Rounds
6 to 7   1 2 3 4 5 7 6 8   First get the bells into Queens
4 to 5   1 2 3 5 4 7 6 8    
2 to 3   1 3 2 5 4 7 6 8    
4 to 7   1 3 2 5 7 4 6 8    
2 to 5   1 3 5 2 7 4 6 8    
2 to 7   1 3 5 7 2 4 6 8   Queens
1 to 3   3 1 5 7 2 4 6 8   Move the treble up to the back
1 to 5   3 5 1 7 2 4 6 8    
1 to 7   3 5 7 1 2 4 6 8    
1 to 2   3 5 7 2 1 4 6 8    
1 to 4   3 5 7 2 4 1 6 8    
1 to 6   3 5 7 2 4 6 1 8    
3 to 5   5 3 7 2 4 6 1 8   Move the 3rd up to the back
3 to 7   5 7 3 2 4 6 1 8    
3 to 2   5 7 2 3 4 6 1 8    
3 to 4   5 7 2 4 3 6 1 8    
3 to 6   5 7 2 4 6 3 1 8    
3 to 1   5 7 2 4 6 1 3 8    
5 to 7   7 5 2 4 6 1 3 8   Move the 5th up to the back
5 to 2   7 2 5 4 6 1 3 8    
5 to 4   7 2 4 5 6 1 3 8    
5 to 6   7 2 4 6 5 1 3 8    
5 to 1   7 2 4 6 1 5 3 8    
5 to 3   7 2 4 6 1 3 5 8    
7 to 2   2 7 4 6 1 3 5 8   Move the 7th up to the back
7 to 4   2 4 7 6 1 3 5 8    
7 to 6   2 4 6 7 1 3 5 8    
7 to 1   2 4 6 1 7 3 5 8    
7 to 3   2 4 6 1 3 7 5 8    
7 to 5   2 4 6 1 3 5 7 8    
2 to 4   4 2 6 1 3 5 7 8   Next it's the 2nd going out
2 to 6   4 6 2 1 3 5 7 8    
2 to 1   4 6 1 2 3 5 7 8    
2 to 3   4 6 1 3 2 5 7 8    
2 to 5   4 6 1 3 5 2 7 8    
2 to 7   4 6 1 3 5 7 2 8    
4 to 6   6 4 1 3 5 7 2 8   Almost there; 4th up next
4 to 1   6 1 4 3 5 7 2 8    
4 to 3   6 1 3 4 5 7 2 8    
4 to 5   6 1 3 5 4 7 2 8    
4 to 7   6 1 3 5 7 4 2 8    
4 to 2   6 1 3 5 7 2 4 8    
6 to 1   1 6 3 5 7 2 4 8   Lastly the 6th goes up to the back
6 to 3   1 3 6 5 7 2 4 8    
6 to 5   1 3 5 6 7 2 4 8    
6 to 7   1 3 5 7 6 2 4 8    
6 to 2   1 3 5 7 2 6 4 8    
6 to 4   1 3 5 7 2 4 6 8   That's Queens again
7 to 2   1 3 5 2 7 4 6 8   Get the bells back to Rounds
5 to 2   1 3 2 5 7 4 6 8    
7 to 4   1 3 2 5 4 7 6 8    
3 to 2   1 2 3 5 4 7 6 8    
5 to 4   1 2 3 4 5 7 6 8    
7 to 6   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8   Made it...