Directory of Change Ringing Resources

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Change ringing is a style of church bell ringing started in England around the end of the sixteenth century. Because of constraints imposed by the physics of swinging bells, tunes are not played. Instead, the bells are rung in ever changing patterns to a steady rhythm. Change ringing, while an obscure art, remains as widely practiced today as at any time in the past, and continues to evolve. The largest concentration of interest remains in England, which is home to over 95% of the world's bells hung for change ringing, with many of the remainder in other parts of the UK. However, there are small pockets in other parts of the world, mostly former British colonies, including Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, the United States, and Zimbabwe. The past few decades have seen an increase in interest, with the number of towers outside the UK roughly doubling since about 1960. This category is for sites having to do with any aspect of change ringing.

Subcategories

• Composition
• Events
• FAQs, Help, and Tutorials
• Methods
• Organizations

Resources in This Category

• Abel Bell Ringing Simulator

  http://www.abelsim.co.uk/
  Software simulating ringers to allow individual practice without a band.

• Beltower Bell Ringing Software

  http://www.beltower.co.uk/
  Multi-functional software for change ringing, incorporating a bell ringing simulator, method, touch and peal printing, editing, composer and prover.

• Campanophile

  http://www.campanophile.co.uk/
  Reports of peals and quarter peals and articles about ringing.

• Change Ringing Resources

  http://www.ringing.info/
  Links to sites for compositions, education, methods, peals, people, and organizations for bellingers, articles and collections of compositions.

• Commercial Recordings

  http://www.cantatemusic.co.uk/
  Manufacturer of church music recordings whose catalog includes a few recordings of change ringing.

• Handbell Recordings

  http://www.changeringing.co.uk/handbells.htm
  Downloadable excerpts from recordings of handbell peals.

• Peal Database

  http://www.peals.co.uk/
  Details of peals rung since 1987.

• Pick Bus's bellringing page

  http://www.pick-bus.s5.com/custom.html
  Experiences of bellringing and how others can get involved.

• ringing.org

  http://www.ringing.org/
  Varied resources for change ringers, including peal and quarter-peal composition collections and indexes, and the Felstead peal records.

• Sensors

  http://www.ringing.demon.co.uk/sensors/sensors.htm
  Devices to detect the position of a swinging bell for use with software or hardware simulators.

• Steve Noyes

  http://www.noyes.org.uk/
  Guide to the towers on the Isle of Wight, each with history, bell description, and contacts, together with practice nights, Sunday ringing and district information. Also offering a book on learning Grandsire Doubles as their first method, compositions and a shareware software for ringing applications.

• The Ringing World

  http://www.ringingworld.co.uk/
  The official journal of the Central Council of Church Bell Ringers. News, gossip and useful information about bell-ringing.

• Young Bell Ringers Cycling Tour

  http://www.ybrct.org.uk/
  An annual cycling tour of selected bell towers in England (varies each year). Includes tour reports and photos from recent years.

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