Call Changes

[@woodschofield3080]

Oh My! THANK YOU so much for recording this; this is wonderful. I started to ring again for the first time in years (in Sharow, North Yorkshire) and I am thrilled to have returned. Your video (watched over breakfast this morning) is inspirational and very moving. Thank you again, Wood in Ripon

[@laytonjames9741]

Just started bell ringing and been to a few practise sessions at different churches. To my ear your bells are virtually in time from the start of the video to the end. Also, what I notice as a beginner is that this is achieved with each ringer having their own ‘style’ (visually) and not robotically ringing in exactly the same way. So far in all the videos I have watched the timing has been off, but yours appears almost perfect. Very inspirational and something to aspire to.

[@j.cheese34]

The principles are the same, but each ringer learned one way to another and has picked up different things over the time they have rung. Hope this helped

[@cglenton]

Well done all of you. I hope we don’t come up against you in a striking competition! You give everyone something to aspire to. Excellent.

[@woodschofield3080]

I love this video. Definitely my favourite! More please!!

[@thrupnybit]

Excellent. I learned to ring on heavy bells with a long draught with a village band that was lucky if we had enough ringers to ring all six sometimes. It wasn't until I rang regularly on lighter bells with very good bands that I was able to experience good striking such as this. I last rang on a visit to England thirteen years ago . . .

[@gavinedwards5824]

Thank you for posting this great video. I am only just learning to ring and am throughly enjoying it. I find it so useful to see other people ringing on KZbin videos.

[@katielain6519]

Most definitely, watching here has been so helpful. I started ring 18 months ago and like yourself, am thoroughly enjoying it. I also find the series of books written by Steve Coleman, his books are full of invaluable information explained with gentle humour. They make great presents for bellringers.

[@gavinedwards5824]

I recently started reading Steve’s books. I absolutely love them. I actually ordered 2 directly from him and had a very interesting 15 min chat with him.

[@katielain6519]

@@gavinedwards5824 How fortunate you were. I received mine as gifts ( after a few hints to hubby ) we received a hand written complement slip and beautifully wrapped as well. It is lovely when one is able to communicate directly to the author. I have picked up many useful tips that fellow ringers don’t have time to give on the night. Happy ringing.🔔

[@gavinedwards5824]

@@katielain6519 I really enjoy the way he writes and like you have found then extremely useful and informative. Happy ringing to you also.

[@dennisgreenwood92]

Call changes rung well are far better than methods rung badly.

[@katielain6519]

But practice practice and practice and it gets better 😊

[@MartynCole]

I really enjoyed the ringing. Thanks for letting me watch.

[@ringingteachers]

Any time!

[@hmc276]

This is so helpful, but it would be brilliant to have a video where you could see all the bells in the frame, and see who is watching whom. Just asking for a friend.

[@ringingteachers]

Thanks for your excellent suggestion. That would require quite a lot of planning to produce and I don't think we're up to that at the moment. If anyone has the expertese and kit, it would be great to hear from them.

[@hmc276]

Thank you very much @@ringingteachers The easiest way to do this seems to be ringing the front six of a ring of 12. eg the super useful ones put up by Roger Booth kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2jEg6aqrbtrh5I Thank you very much again and I am full of admiration for the perfection of the timing by this amazing band.

[@hmc276]

And this one is also very easy to follow - kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZnPEhGN7hMyNg8k

[@n.j.r.fisher4257]

⁠@@ringingteachersI was about to make the same comment about having a broader view of proceedings - as a novice I feel it’s essential to be able to gather as much insight as possible (but you already know this, you’re teachers!!). Clearly chamber dimensions are an issue so the first step would be to select a larger chamber in which to video! Secondly, perhaps use another form of camera - this appears to have been filmed on an iPhone which doesn’t have a huge field of view and although the videographer does a great job of keeping the device steady and panning smoothly back & forth, the narrow view is less than ideal. What about a wide angle lens attachment? Not certain if these are available but, since most things are, a little light googling might offer a solution!! And yet despite these minor inconveniences, this is a superb video of some truly excellent ringers performing brilliantly… so thank you for providing this - truly a standard to aspire to!

[@RingerLuca651]

These are proper nice

[@johnsinclair2672]

🙂

[@TAG1801]

As a beginner, I found that once I had the bell handling sorted out , then the striking would improve immeasurably. The repetitiveness of catching the sallie in the same place each time also helps.

[@cliveperryman3242]

We are mastering call changes and ring up down in Cambridge

[@edmilner]

And this is just ringing them up!

[@christianong3703]

Lovely bells they are

[@DeclanTheRinger]

what saint is Harbrone church birmingham dedicated to?

[@markhutchinson1514]

If u like bell ringing at different places cone to Nettleham near lincoln on a Tuesday night at half past seven and u can join us on a crazy bell ringing adventure 😜

[@nicolavickers8885]

Bravo

[@andygoldie8308]

superb.