Learning Plain Hunt Major

Most people start to learn Plain Hunt by remembering the bells they ring after. It must be stressed that as soon as possible, you should start counting places as this is essential when you move on to more complicated things. The places are important as they give an indication of the speed to ring at. When counting UP, you will have to ring slower than in rounds. When counting DOWN, you must ring quicker in order to be able to follow the correct bell.

Plain Hunt Major

The table below describes the work of every bell. It may help you if you colour in the bell you are learning with a highlighter pen - On paper not the screen! Don't just learn one bell, there may be occasions when there is more than one learner so it will be no good if you all want to ring the same bell.

In Plain Hunt Major, the tenor is a working bell, because of this you must lead from the last bell (the one in eighth place) on the previous row. Many people misread method diagrams for Major methods and think they have to ring after the last bell on the row they are in. Thinking about it, if you are the first bell to ring in the row as you are leading, you can't follow the eighth placed bell as it hasn't rung yet. The table below should clarify the matter.

Plain Hunt on 8 Bells
Change ⇒ Handstroke / Backstroke ⇒	R o u n d s	1^st H	2^nd B	3^rd H	4^th B	5^th H	6^th B	7^th H	8^th B	9^th H	10^th B	11^th H	12^th B	13^th H	14^th B	15^th H	R o u n d s
Treble Counts Places		2	3	4	5	6	7	8	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	L	L
Rings after	8	2	4	6	8	7	5	3	2	4	6	8	7	5	3	6	8

Second Counts Places		L	L	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	8	7	6	5	4	3	2
Rings after	1	8	7	4	6	8	7	5	3	1	4	6	8	7	5	3	1

Third Counts Places		4	5	6	7	8	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	L	L	2	3
Rings after	2	4	6	8	7	5	1	2	4	6	8	7	5	4	6	1	2

Fourth Counts Places		3	2	L	L	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	8	7	6	5	4
Rings after	3	1	2	7	5	6	8	7	5	3	1	2	6	8	7	5	3

Fifth Counts Places		6	7	8	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	L	L	2	3	4	5
Rings after	4	6	8	7	3	1	2	4	6	8	7	2	4	3	1	2	4

Sixth Counts Places		5	4	3	2	L	L	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	8	7	6
Rings after	5	3	1	2	4	5	3	8	7	5	3	1	2	4	8	7	5

Seventh Counts Places		8	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	L	L	2	3	4	5	6	7
Rings after	6	8	5	3	1	2	4	6	8	1	2	5	3	1	2	4	6

Tenor Counts Places		7	6	5	4	3	2	L	L	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	8
Rings after	7	5	3	1	2	4	6	3	1	7	5	3	1	2	4	6	7
Printed from www.ringbell.co.uk/methods/ph8.htm

Additional Help

The Change Ringing Toolkit contains a tool to help you learn to count your places in this method. Say your place to yourself and enter it on the keypad or screen. The clock face and blue line display adjusts to guide you along. An error is indicated by a tick-tick sound, simply put in the correct place to continue. As your skill improves, these guides can be turned off. Instructions are given on screen or in more detail by choosing HELP from the menu. Try it here : Learn the Line.

To gain rope sight, you may find another screen in the Toolkit useful. The animation displays the ringing circle and guides you towards the correct bell. Ropesight Tutor

Plain Hunt Major (8 Hunting Bells)

Plain Hunt Major

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