hobby #218
Change Ringing (Method Bell Ringing)
English full-circle tower bell ringing, where a band rings memorized permutation sequences called 'methods' — the bells never repeat a row until the whole extent is exhausted. Each ringer controls one rope, striking their bell in a precise, ever-shifting order dictated by the method rather than any tune.
Eight Towers in the Country and None Within Reach
Change Ringing (Method Bell Ringing)Forty minutes after deciding I'd try change ringing, I learned Canada has eight towers and none near me. So Day 1 was a four-tonne pendulum reduced to a space bar.
code-a-day tied to this hobby
- The Bell Ringers Who Ran an Algorithm Since 1668 Steinhaus–Johnson–Trotter permutations