my fav church is near my home town its a classic church style has 5 bells, 1 6 foot 4 other 2,3 foot i like to ring these bells but also am scared that the stay would break i had a nightmare about it once thankfully it was a bad dream.😌
Excellent film. Learned to ring at Kelvedon, Essex. Heavy six, tenor 21cwt (the Festival of Britain bell cast at Whitechapel) long draught; later augmented to eight. I left England just as I was getting useful learning Cambridge surprise. Thirty years ago I was back in England for three years and went ringing every night at towers around the Cambs, Norfolk and Suffolk borders . . . I do miss The Exercise.
and this is why you have to use maas rowe digital chime unit or verdin digital chime unit to avoid damaging the wood of stay or damaging the rope at all costs.
Can any of you camp people (campanologists, I mean) help me out? At 02:02 in the wonderful recording of the "spoof" version of Ave Maria by Vavilov/Caccini, as sung by Sumi Jo, (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fjZ8fBGtMaI.html) the orchestration sounds [to me] like a glorious peel of bells. And I told an email correspondent so. And I further asserted that they must be English bells, because no other country rings its bells in this way. Only later did I realise that I had no idea what I was talking about. Can anybody rescue my credibility?
It really is nice watching this as I usually get picked on at school for my abnormal interest in ringing and this is a well made film that really does show how brilliant bellringing is and should make people think twice about making negative comments.
Sorry to hear you get picked on! I too were picked on but I can assure you it gets so much better outside of school, for “different” and “unique” hobby’s will make you lots of friends and will draw in people who will and you will get on with very well. But please remember you’ll always get those who don’t understand or are even jealous will say negatives, they aren’t worth your time of day. Hope all the best for you ❤️
Sorry to hear you get bullied for it, I can assure you it gets better. I'm a fairly new bell ringer and am in my 4th year at uni and most people find it interesting that I have a different hobby and I highly doubt anyone would ever mock me for it here at uni
Some of the most beautiful music in the world comes from the ringing of harmonious bells. Ever hear the bells of the Archbasilica of St Lambertus in Düsseldorf before? Don’t ever let anyone shame you in one of the most beautiful arts AND sciences in the world.
It's a very cool thing to do, to be honest: a great tradition to keep up, and an activity that is good for your brain (all that counting), body (I bet you get strong arms, shoulders and back), and soul (human connection and the joy of music). I'd love to try it, but I don't think I'd be able to manage it.
Man what a wonderful film! I had never once in my life thought about bell ringing. Now I appreciate the art. Man Earth is wild. EVERYTHING IS INTERESTING on this planet.
Tbf it is a lot to take in at once lol. it's taken me 8 months to get to properly ringing out loud, and even then i struggle with a lot of theory concepts 😂 don't worry tho, you'll get there in time :)
