Touches

This page tries to collect together some easy and unusual touches which I didn't discover when I was first starting to conduct!

At the moment this page contains mainly touches of Cambridge Surprise Minor, Split into 2 categories, Under 240 changes long and Over 240 changes long. Right at the bottom of the page are a couple of QP compositions of Superlative S Major (also true to Pudsey, Cambridge and Lincolnchire) and a simple touch of Stedman Triples (3 calls for 2 courses), as well as a standard one (4 calls for 2 courses).

  • A number in the "65's" column inicates that touch has that many 65's at backstroke in it.

  • A "Y" in the "true?" column indicates the touch is true, an "N" means its false.

  • A "Y" in the column titled 123465 indicates the touch has this change at backstroke in it, the number after indicates the change at which it appears

    Cambridge Surprise Minor (shorter touches) 65's TRUE? 123465
    93 s,b,p,(p) 5 N -
    96 s,s,s,s 2 N -
    96 s,b,s,p or s,p,s,b 2 N -
    96 b,s,p,s or p,s,b,s 0 N -
    117 p,p,p,s,p (rounds at first treble snap of 5th lead) 3 N -
    120 b,b,b,b,b 0 Y -
    122 p,b,s,b,b (rounds at second treble snap of 5th lead) 0 N -
    146 b,p,s,p,b,p (rounds at 2nd treble snap of 6th lead) 0 N -
    146 s,p,p,p,b,b (rounds at 2nd treble snap of 6th lead) 5 N -
    170 s,p,s,s,p,p,p (rounds at 2nd treble snap of 7th lead) 2 N -
    170 p,s,b,b,p,p,p (rounds at 2nd treble snap of 7th lead) 0 N -
    170 b,s,p,b,p,p,p (rounds at 2nd treble snap of 7th lead) 0 N -
    170 b,b,b,b,p,b,s (rounds at 2nd treble snap of 7th lead) 0 N -
    170 s,s,s,b,p,p,p (rounds at 2nd treble snap of 7th lead) 2 N -
    189 S I 3 times b W (rounds at 1st treble snap of 8th lead) 8 N -
    191 b,p,b,b,p,p,p,(p) (rounds at hand) 10 N Y 75
    192 B,H 0 Y -
    192 I,W 0 Y -
    192 b,p,b,b repeat 6 Y Y 75
    192 b,b,p,b repeat or b,b,b,p repeat or p,b,b,b repeat 0 Y -
    192 b,s,s,p,s,b,p,s 3 N -
    192 s,s,s,b,s,s,s,b 4 N -
    192 s,s,b,s,s,s,b,s 5 N -
    192 s,b,s,s,s,b,s,s 4 N -
    192 b,s,s,s,b,s,s,s 5 N -
    192 b,p,p,p (4ths repeat from tenor) 0 Y -
    192 p,b,p,p repeat or p,p,b,p or p,p,p,b 0 Y -
    192 b,s,p,b repeat 0 N -
    192 s,p,b,b repeat 2 N -
    192 In,H,4ths,B,In,H 0 Y -
    194 b,b,b,b,s,p,p,p (rounds at 2nd treble snap of 8th lead) 0 N -
    194 W,SW (rounds at 2nd treble snap of 8th lead) 0 Y -
    213 s,s,b,b,b,s,s,s,(p) (rounds at first treble snap of 8th lead) 5 N -
    216 In,H 3 times 6 Y Y 99
    216 p,b,b 3 times 6 Y Y 99
    216 b,b,p 3 times or p,p,b or p,b,p or b,p,p 0 Y -
    216 b,p,b 3 times 6 Y Y 75
    216 s,s,s,b,b,b,b,b,s 2 N -
    216 s,s,b,b,b,b,b,s,s 4 N -
    216 s,b,b,b,b,b,s,s,s 4 N -
    216 In 3 times 0 Y -
    216 In,H 3 times 6 Y Y 99

    Cambridge Surprise Minor (longer touches) 65's TRUE? 123465
    240 W,H,W,H 0 Y -
    240 b,p 5 times 8 Y Y 75
    240 p,b 5 times 2 Y -
    264 In,W,B,H 0 Y -
    288 s,s,b,b 3 times 5 N -
    288 p,b,s 4 times 6 N -
    288 4ths,B,In,H,4ths,B 6 N Y 75
    288 b,s,b,s,b,s repeat 0 N -
    288 s,b,s,b,s,b repeat 6 N Y 145
    290 b,s,b,p 3 times 0 F -
    360 W,W,W or H,H,H 0 Y -
    360 4ths,B,In,H, 3 times 6 Y -
    504 In,H,4ths, 3 times 11 Y -
    504 4ths, B, 3 times 8 Y Y 75
    576 W,H,In, 3 times 14 Y Y 411
    576 4ths,B,B,I, 3 times 7 Y Y 75
    576 In,H,4ths,B,In, 3 times 0 Y -
    576 In,4ths,B,In,H, 3 times 0 Y -
    576 4ths,B,In,In, 3 times 14 Y Y 75
    600 W,W,W,H,H,H 0 Y -
    720 W,H,W 3 times 0 Y -

    Stedman Triples TRUE?
    160 bob at start of 45d and end of 45d, going in either Q or S, repeat Y
    160 From 7th, b at end of 45d Q, repeat, then S at end of 67u Y

    Superlative Surprise Major 87's TRUE?
    1280 s B, s In, 5 times (ie: to make 2nds, then 3rds at singles) Halfway change in middle of 3rd block is 12345687 Also true to C (40x87's),P(30x87's),N(40x87's), B(2240 changes with 60x87's) and R(1920 changes with 60x87's) 30 Y
    1320 H,H,W,W,H,H,W,W. 0 Y

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