Ringing in Rounds
For the Coronation in May we are hoping to ring rounds and call changes. What do you need to be able to do in order to achieve this? Firstly ring both strokes together consistently. Most of you are at or about to be at this point. Next you need to be able to change the speed of your bell - just a LITTLE. LISTEN to your bell. Hear the gaps between bells - they should be even. If you need to ring more quickly. You need to ring below the balance so that the bell moves through a smaller arc: Slow or check the sally or backstroke so the bell does not rise as high. You may need to: check the sally and don’t let it rise so high at handstroke - this means catching the sally a little higher up, hands nearer the top of the fluffy bit take some rope in [shorten the tail-end] at backstroke - so you have more rope beneath your hand, less rope between you and the bell put more weight on the stroke to keep the bell up after you have checked the stroke - so apply more tension, pull harder and l
