Re: Another Double Beryl composition for the Plain Bob Ringer

[David Wilson <dbwilson uw edu>]

Maybe try bobsingles, as in this composition:
https://complib.org/composition/107753?accessKey=a68977dc3e1af645888695b55dcaa08fa3d504bb
Bobsingles are 1456, and are ideally suited for swapping the 5 and 6, which
seems to be what you want to do.
For some methods, the most musical and/or simple compositions use
bobsingles rather than conventional 1234 singles.  In some ways
bobsingles are just a better call than conventional singles, and they're
worth learning even if you don't use them for Double Beryl.
David


On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 7:42 PM Sam Ratliff via Boston-change-ringers <
boston-change-ringers cosmos phy tufts edu> wrote:

> Back again with more impractical ideas for quarters of Double Beryl!
>
> You may often hear ringers bemoaning the fact that Double Beryl does not
> have plain bob lead ends. But with a bit of grit, determination, and
> cornhusker’s lotion, I found that by calling “ppppppbppb" seven times, 
> you
> get all of the plain bob lead ends that you so dearly miss.
>
> There are numerous other callings (I found around 80 bobs-only callings
> with the help of my computer) to get all plain bob lead ends but I deemed
> this one the most straightforward because 1) the first bob of each
> “ppppppbppb” is always a course after the last bob of the previous
> “ppppppbppb”, 2) each plain bob lead end occurs at the last bob of each
> “ppppppbppb” and serves as a nice guidepost, and 3) this has the least
> number of calls to get to all plain bob lead ends (tied with 
> “ppbpppbppp”).
>
> Downsides of this composition include the fact that there are no fixed
> bells (I couldn’t find a composition under 2000 changes with the tenor
> fixed), and it could be argued that the plain bob lead ends would be more
> helpful if they were regular lead ends instead of bobbed lead ends (which
> they are in the “ppbpppbppp” calling).
>
> There is also the fact that this quarter composition is only 1120 changes
> long and thus not a quarter composition. It can be extended easily by
> replacing either bob at home with s - - s at home for a 1456 or by 
> putting
> three bobs each one course apart pretty much anywhere for a 1344 (and 
> there
> are probably other tricks that I don’t know about too). Alternatively, it
> can be prepended with (sW sV sW) x2 to have one course where all bells
> dodge on the front and back with their plain bob course and after bells
> (see my previous quarter for the Plain Bob ringer). Let me know if you
> think of any better ways to extend it to a full quarter.
>
> 1120 Double Beryl:
> https://complib.org/composition/107694?accessKey=ae7b697250bad31d8d07d1f9cd75723eca1660dd
>
> That’s the last silly idea I had for Double Beryl compositions, but if 
> you
> think of another concept that is equally inane, send it my way!
>
> Sam
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