Listen to the Bells - Worle Bellringers

• Can you hear all six bells?
  

• Can you hear the tenor (the heaviest and deepest sounding)? It is ringing after all the other 5 bells.
  

• Can you hear the treble(the lightest and highest sounding)? You will hear that it moves towards the tenor and then away from her. All the 5 bells are doing this and are said to be working bells.
  

• It is the aim of the 5 working bells to replicate all 120 combinations that are possible with 5 numbers without repeat.
  

• It takes approximately 5 minutes to ring all 120 combinations (or changes as they are known).
  

• There are a number of ways that the 120 can be achieved. Each is called a method and named. -Changes rung on 5 working bells are called Doubles. Hence the recording here is called Stedman Doubles. Other methods have names like Plain Bob, Grandsire, St Martins, Huntley.
  

• However above all else it is the bellringers duty to ensure irrespective of the complexity of the task, that the bells are struck well.
  

• Here are some details relating to the various number of working bells.
  

Click here for a 5 minute recording of the bells