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What is Stedman? Stedman is not a method, it is a principle – the treble does the same work as the other working bells. It extends easily to ringing on higher numbers and offers opportunities for many musical compositions. Ringing Stedman feels quite different from anything else you may have rung.
- Stedman Doubles - ringing teachers
There are no bobs in Stedman Doubles, only singles. Singles...
- Stedman Doubles - Teachers' Notes - ringing teachers
Using the Stedman Doubles Explained crib sheet, introduce...
- Stedman Doubles - ringing teachers
- The Blue Line
- Terminology
- Learning The Blue Line
- The Slow Work
- The Quick Work
As with all methods, learning the method involves learning a picture of the blue line. (The term ‘blue line’ comes from an early booklet of commonly rung methods where, for each method, a blue line was drawn through the path of one of the working bells). Below, I have written out all the rows of a plain course of Stedman Doubles, and coloured in be...
After a brief look at the blue line for Stedman you will see that it is considerably more complicated, and hence more difficult to learn, than Grandsire or Plain Bob. So, to help with learning the shape of the blue line, it is normally thought of in “chunks” of work that can be named and learned separately. This practice will be common with learnin...
In words the method can be described (for bell 4) as follows: one blow in 5th places then back to 4ths and go down; make 3rds place as you go in Slow; complete the Slow work; leave the Slow work making 3rds place on the way out; double dodge in 4-5 up then two blows in 5ths; double dodge in 4-5 down and go down; in and out Quick; double dodge in 4-...
As shown in the annotated plain course above, the Slow work can be described in words as follows: make 3rds on the way in; first whole turn; make 3rds; first half turn; make 3rds; second (or last) half turn; make 3rds; last whole turn; make 3rds on the way out.
This is much easier and can be described in words as follows: hunt straight in; lead a whole pull Right (ie Handstroke then Backstroke); hunt straight out (to 4-5). Some useful tips. A useful tip is to learn which blows are at Handstroke and which are at Backstroke, particularly for the whole turns. You can work this out by looking again at the Pla...
In Stedman all five bells follow the same line of work: The QUICK work is hunting down to lead and hunting out again. a double-dodge down; the dodges are like those you would
This diagram shows the order of work in the method. The accompanying table shows the first few changes in the method and whether you are 'Quick' or 'Slow'. Work at a Single in Stedman Doubles. In Stedman doubles there is no Bob only a Single which only affects the bells in 4&5 Places.
There are no bobs in Stedman Doubles, only singles. Singles only affect the two bells dodging in 4-5 at the back of the change. If about to double dodge 4-5 up make Cat’s Ears (red). If about to double dodge 4-5 down ring Coat Hangers (pink). Go in the way you came out.
Stedman in all stages is unique, it is by far the most widely rung principle. However, because it is very different from the treble dominated methods it tends to be a specialist calling. Stedman Doubles has all of the slow work attributes of Stedman on higher numbers.
Using the Stedman Doubles Explained crib sheet, introduce jargon that might be relevant, such as quick and slow work. Show the backwork in 4-5 and discuss how to count the double dodges.
