https://www.ringingforums.org/categories/19/call-changes/feed.rss Mon, 08 Jun 2026 02:46:23 Z CALL CHANGES - Ringing Forums en https://www.ringingforums.org/discussion/253/raise-and-lower-which-is-harder Tue, 10 Jan 2023 20:30:33 Z Simon Linford 253@/discussions Writing the latest chapter in my book on call change ringing led me to an intersting discovery and change in my own thinking. I have always considered ringing down to be easier than ringing up. Specifically if you take an average band I would give myself a far better change of achieving a good fall... https://www.ringingforums.org/discussion/235/the-golden-rule-rw-letters Tue, 27 Dec 2022 18:47:17 Z PeterScott 235@/discussions TrishaShannon Calling Call Changes at Reigate RW p1097/18Nov2022 TrevorThimbleby The golden rule RW p1131/2Dec2022 ...who goes on to analyse the ropesight and instructions, from rounds, to effect the transition from 1234... to 1324... and preferring "three to one" (DOWN), which leaves the fourth... https://www.ringingforums.org/discussion/152/call-change-performances Tue, 09 Aug 2022 16:24:55 Z PeterScott 152@/discussions PhilGay (RW 17June p.526) credits SimonL as the impetus for a higher profile for Call Changes, and ART's Advanced Call Change Scheme is a welcome initiative, particularly in its view of Call Changes as a parallel ringing activity alongside Method ringing. I submit that we need parallel structures... https://www.ringingforums.org/discussion/144/open-handstroke-and-backstroke-leads Sat, 06 Aug 2022 09:36:03 Z Simon Linford 144@/discussions There was an interesting observation at the Youth Contest yesterday from Graham Sharland, training officer of the Devon Association. He noticed that some of the bands that tried to ring with open handstroke leads in the call change competition ended up having open backstroke leads as well, and he... https://www.ringingforums.org/discussion/161/west-country-call-changes-achieving-high-standards-of-striking Fri, 05 Aug 2022 08:27:23 Z Alison Hodge 161@/discussions Simon Linford talks about ringing up in the West Country style in his latest blog. In the article he includes a highlighted box that refers to everyone having the experience of ringing heavier bells and being strong enough to ring them up in peal. I do not intend to enter a debate about the... https://www.ringingforums.org/discussion/118/comparative-outputs Thu, 12 May 2022 20:49:33 Z A J Barnfield 118@/discussions Listen to this and use it as a base for comparison with any method ringing you hear. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYDGncj9BBk