Change Ringing Corpus · Method shapes

Every method,
as a shape

Ringers do not learn a method from its notation. They learn the line — the path one bell traces through it. This is that drawing, computed from the published place notation for 20,679 methods, laid out so whole families can be compared at a glance.

20,679
methods drawn
97.4%
notation verified
8
classifications
the working bell (the blue line) the treble

The wall

Each tile is one lead, drawn from rounds. Filter by stage and classification, or search a name. Click any tile for the full line and its rows.

Cambridge, Yorkshire, Superlative and Lincolnshire are the four standard Surprise Major methods most bands learn first. Filter to Surprise / Major and search each in turn: the family resemblance is immediate, and it is the reason ringers describe them as being “near” one another despite quite different notation.