Method Resources and Learning

Review all of our method ringing resources and choose a method to learn.

Our methods ringing resources and learning notes are sorted according to the number of bells, however, where a method can easily be extend, you might find notes about higher numbers in the doubles or minor categories.

All our sets of notes will explain how the line works… looking at the place bells orders and starts, pointing out notable features and highlighting any ideas which will help you remember the line.

We also always show how to use the treble to find your way around, as well as providing basic notes for any learner treble ringer.

Finally, we try to provide some simple touches, so you can try out the bobs and singles.

Fundamentals

Call Changes

Call Changes are the first step beyond bell handling. Click the link below to learn more about how call changes work, the way different people call them… and how to work out the missing calls…!

Plain Hunt

Learn about Plain Hunting and the basic element of change ringing… This link will take you to a video explaining how plain hunt works and the skills you need to develop to be able to ring it.

Treble Bob

Like Plain Hunt, treble bobbing is a key skill that introduces the world of change ringing. It develops dodging skills without needing to learn a long line and enables you to ring the treble to more advanced methods like Cambridge.

Stedman

Stedman is named ofter one of the founding fathers of ringing… and it is by far the most commonly rung principle. It is musical, flexible, horribly tricky and quite brilliant…

Cambridge by Rules

Once you are familiar with Cambridge minor, it is time to extend it to Major and beyond… and it can all be done with a simple set of rules…

Doubles

Plain Bob Doubles

There is a video, slides and notes to help with learning Bob Doubles. It looks at the relationship to plain hunt and introduces the basic skills you need to make learning the line much easier.

The Canterbury Pleasure Family

Reverse Canterbury is often the next step in method learning after Plain Bob in that it is very similar…. but as you will discover, it is a whole lot more than that and opens up into a complete family of methods.

St Simon's, St Martin's and more...

St Simon’s and St Martin’s are two common methods which are used to develop line learning skills and move towards more static lines. click the link to learn about these methods.

St Nicholas, Winchendon Place and more...

Once you have looked St Simon’s and St Martin’s, these two methods are a natural progression in that they combine the new learning with Reverse Canterbury lead ends.

Shipway & Westminster II and more...

Shipway is very closely related to Reverse Canterbury and is another simple doubles method which most teams can learn. Coupled to that, is a set of methods which are based on the St Simon’s and St Martin’s front works.

All Saints Group

All Saints Place, St Augustine, St James’ and Minster Place are easy to learn ass they all share the same simple front work and the back works are closely related to St Martins and St Simons front works….

Twineham, Bampton Place and more...

Twineham, Bampton and their family of methods, is another step beyond St Martin’s or St Simon’s… and it is very easy to ring and learn!

Bistow Little Bob

Bistow or Bastow (odd and even bell names for the same thing) provides a very easy treble ringing stepping stone for those moving into changes, whilst also providing a treble bob style experience for everyone else in the band…

A New Doubles Method...

We haven’t yet named this method… so watch this space!

Doubles Variations

Find out about a wonderful where you can create lots of new challenges, just by changing the calls in methods you already know.

Minor

St Clements

Strange though it might seems, St Clements is little more than the even bell version of St Simon’s. Learn more about St Clements and its facility of methods.

Double Oxford

A method with front, middle and backwork… so an progression from basic methods to the longer more static ones like surprise and delight.

Single Oxford

Whilst being closely related to both St Clements and Double Oxford, Single Oxford mixes triple dodges with Plain Bob Minimus.

Single Court Minor

Single Court is a good stepping tone method which includes plenty of plain hunting, together with dodges at the back…. It is also relatively simple 6th place method to learn

Cambridge Surprise Minor

For most this will be the starting point for Surprise ringing. It looks frightening at first, but if you break it down, it is not as hard as you think!

Little Bob

Little Bob is an incredibly useful method… through the treble – steeping stone for new ringers to higher number methods, and the prefect way to shorten touches on higher numbers.

Squirrel Surprise Minor

A tricky method we decided to try one night after a strange conversation on WhatsApp! It includes some elements which are ‘wrong’ and the bells dodge out of step with the treble.

Caters

Two Little Bob Caters Methods

Little methods are really useful for practice because they are so much shorter than normal. In addition, because the treble is limited, they provide an excellent starting point for a learner making their first move into higher number ringing.

If you can’t find what you are looking for, you could try the CCCBR library or Blue Line. Both have every conceivable line… but you will then to work out how to learn it for yourself.

If not, drop us a line and request us to post up a set of notes… No promises, but we will see what can be done!