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The table on this page shows the applicability of the general purpose compositions listed under individual methods. The compositions are ordered by falseness-group order, for example a composition for BDE will come before one for BDK which will precede one for DK. Where a composition is constructed completely from whole courses, it can be transposed to be suitable for any regular lead order. In addition, compositions for any regular 2nds place lead order will also produce an equivalent composition for the complementary 8ths place lead order when reversed and using the appropriate calls (4ths-place calls become 6ths-place ones in the complementary lead order and vice versa). The complementary pairs are a and m, b and l, c and k, d and j, e and h, and f and g. Note this feature is particularly useful for leads orders d and j as a composition for the 2nds place version of a method will give a composition with similar features for the 8ths place version of the same method (and vice versa). The `Others' column shows whether a composition can be transposed for other lead-end orders. Compositions with 1256 singles in 2nds place methods will use 1458 singles when transposed for an 8ths place method (and vice versa).

To use the table, find ALL the falseness groups of the method you want a composition for. It is important that the out-of-course only and the split tenors only groups are fully considered as many of the compositions contain singles and split tenors sections (A T in the tenors column indicates a composition with the tenors together throughout, S indicates the composition contains some split tenors work). Then look down the table to identify any composition which includes all those groups within the list of groups it is true to. Then check that the lead order is suitable and transpose the composition if necessary (if in any doubt how to do this ask an expert!). Finally prove what you intend to ring with a peal proving program to make sure it is indeed true to the method you want to ring it to.

General purpose compositions can be useful for a range of methods but often, if a method-specific composition is available, it may be better as it should have been tailored to the specific features of the method.

Groups	Lead order	Others	Tenors	Composition	Notes

Note 1: As given for –58– starts, for other methods start with rounds as 32456 course end
Note 2: As given for –56– starts, for other methods start with rounds as 23465 course end
Note 3: Composition with 4ths place calls in 8ths place method; on transposition would give 6ths place calls in a 2nds place method
Note 4: Composition with 1456 singles, these remain as 1456 singles when transposed for 8ths place methods
Note 5: As given for –36– starts, for methods starting 36-, begin at snap in 24635 course
Note 6: As given for 38– starts, for other methods start with rounds as 32456 course end
Note 7: As given for –36– starts, for other methods start with rounds as 23465 course end
Note 8: Composition with half lead singles, places to be made for the single will depend on the method
Note 9: 5040 for methods with 24 changes a lead (e.g. treble to 6ths TD), 6720 for those with 32 changes a lead
Note 10: As given for –38– starts, for other methods start with rounds as 32456 course end
Note 11: Composition with two 123678 calls, these become as 123478 calls when transposed for 2nds place methods
Note 12: For methods with 28 changes a lead
Note 13: As given for 38– starts, for other methods start with rounds as 23546 course end
Note 14: Finishes at snap so only suitable for 2nds place methods (lead ends b,c,f) with –38– starts
Note 15: As given for snap start in methods starting -58, also suitable when transposed for -36 starts
Note 16: As given for snap start in methods starting -58
Note 17: As given for snap start in methods starting 58-
BCD FG K abcde X Z	f	all	S	5152 Clanfield S Major
BCD K abcdef YZ	b	l	S	5056 Aquamarine S Major (omitting 3*)
BCD K a cdef YZ	b	l	S	5056 Aquamarine S Major (omitting 3')
BCD K a cd YZ	c	k	S	5024 Sedbergh S Major
BCD K a cd YZ	e	all	S	5152 Maestro D Major
BCD K a cd YZ	g	all	S	5152 Kupfernickel S Major
BCD K a c Z	e	all	S	5152 Niccolite S Major
BCD K a YZ	b	all	S	5152 Promethium S Major
BC K a YZ	c	all	S	5152 Long Ashton S Major
BC K a YZ	d	all	S	5152 Gallium S Major
BC a cd XYZ	d	all	S	5152 Humphlet No 2 S Major
B DEFG R T d XYZ	f	all	T	5600 or 5152 Turvey S Major
B DE G I NO R T b f XYZ	b	all	S	5152 Turramurra S Major
B DE G I NO R T b f XYZ	b	all	S	5152 Warwickshire S Major
B DE G I NO R T b f XYZ	d	all	S	5376 (5152) Hydrargyrum S Major
B DE G I NO R T b f XYZ	e	all	S	5152 Fairford S Major
B DE G I NO R T b f XYZ	j	all	S	5152 Red Kite S Major
B DE G I NO R T b f XYZ	j	all	S	5376 (5152) Moonstone S Major
B DE G R T X	f	all	S	5152 Turvey S Major
B D K O a cd f YZ	f	g	S	5024 White Sapphire S Major
B D K abcdef XYZ	b	l	T	5088 Dawn S Major
B D K abcdef XYZ	e	h	T	5120 Quicksilver S Major
B D K a cd f YZ	b	l	S	5056 Nobelium S Major
B D K a cd f Z	d	all	S	5152 Ilchester Castle S Major
B D K a cd f Z	d	all	S	5152 Ilchester Castle S Major
B D K a cd f Z	f	all	S	5152 Oscar S Major
B D K a cd YZ	b	l	S	5056 Burford S Major
B D K a cd YZ	d	all	S	5152 Benedict S Major
B D K a cd YZ	k	all	S	5152 Protium S Major
B D K a cd Z	b	l	S	5152 Ebony S Major
B D K a c YZ	e	all	S	5152 Thulium S Major
B D K a c YZ	h	all	S	5152 Unniltrium S Major
B D K a c Z	d	all	S	5152 Jovium S Major
B D K a c Z	d	all	S	5152 Jovium S Major
B D K a c Z	d	all	S	5152 Jovium S Major
B D K a c Z	f	all	S	5152 Opal S Major
B D K a c Z	j	all	S	5152 Bolonium S Major
B D K cd f Z	c	all	S	5152 Uranium S Major
B D K cd f Z	e	all	S	5152 Aluminum S Major
B D K cd f Z	e	all	S	5152 Pearl S Major
B D R a	e	all	S	5152 Thousand D Major	see Note 4
B D S d XYZ	e	all	T	5152 Knowle Spring S Major	see Note 8
B D b d YZ	j	all	S	5152 Idstone D Major
B D a cd YZ	b	l	S	5056 Walcot D Major
B D a cd Z	d	all	S	5152 Humphlet S Major
B D a cd Z	k	all	S	5152 Goshawk S Major
B D a c Z	d	all	S	5152 Truro S Major
B D cd YZ	c	all	S	5152 Woodley S Major
B D cd YZ	d	all	S	5152 Sulphur S Major
B D cd YZ	e	all	S	5152 Pearl S Major
B D YZ	d	all	S	5152 Cheese Hill S Major
B D YZ	e	all	S	5152 St George's S Major
B D Y	e	all	S	5152 St George's S Major
B E abcdef XYZ	g	all	T	5152 Glasgow S Major (2 comps)
B E abcdef XYZ	d	all	S	5152 Gold S Major
B E abcdef XYZ	b	l	T	5056 St Briavels S Major
B E abcde XYZ	b	l	S	5024 Mangotsfield D Major
B E abcd f XY	b	l	S	5056 Ruthwaite Lodge S Major
B E abcd f XY	c	all	S	5152 Adelaide S Major
B E abcd f XY	c	all	S	5152 Adelaide S Major	see Note 1
B E abcd f XY	c	all	S	5152 Polden Hills S Major
B E abcd f XY	c	k	S	5088 Bustardthorpe D Major
B E abcd f XY	d	all	S	5152 Flerovium S Major
B E abcd f XY	e	all	S	5152 Quantock Hills S Major
B E abcd f XY	e	all	S	5152 Vallium S Major
B E abcd f XY	g	f	S	5120 Glasgow S Major
B E abcd f XY	g	all	S	5152 Glasgow S Major (2 comps)
B E abcd f XY	j	all	S	5152 Cadmium S Major
B E abcd f XY	k	all	S	5152 Canon's Marsh S Major
B E abcd XY	b	l	S	5056 Up Avon S Major
B E abcd XY	c	all	S	5152 Emerald S Major
B E abcd X	g	all	S	5152 Glasgow S Major
B E abcd Y	b	l	S	5024 Portishead D Major
B E a c XY	b	l	S	5056 Barrow Court S Major
B E bcd f YZ	g	f	S	5152 Glasgow S Major
B E bcd f YZ	f	g	S	5152 Unnilseptium S Major
B E cd YZ	d	all	S	5152 Rhinestone S Major	see Note 7
B E c XYZ	a,d,e	all	T	5376 (5152) Colnbrook S Major
B E Z	d	all	S	5152 Quartz S Major
B GHI LM O RS bcd f XYZ	a–f	all	T	5152 Congresbury S Major
B GHI LM O RS bcd f XYZ	a–f	all	T	5152 Niobium S Major
B G LM bcd XYZ	b	l	T	5056 Pudsey S Major
B G LM bcd XYZ	c	all	T	5152 Iridium S Major	see Note 16
B G LM bcd XYZ	c	all	T	5152 Phlogiston S Major	see Note 16
B G LM bcd XYZ	d	all	T	5152 Argentum S Major	see Note 16
B G LM bcd XYZ	d	all	T	5152 Wolfram S Major	see Note 16
B G LM bcd XYZ	e	all	T	5152 Sulfur S Major	see Note 13
B G LM bcd XYZ	b,c,f		T	5122 Jubilee S Major	see Note 14
B G L O d XYZ	f	all	T	5152 Molybdenum S Major
B G L b d XYZ	f	all	T	5152 Barium S Major
B G L d XYZ	a	all	T	5152 Nephrite S Major
B G L d XYZ	c	all	T	5152 Lead S Major
B G L d XYZ	d	all	T	5152 Golden Eagle S Major
B G L d XYZ	d	all	T	5152 Knapwell S Major
B G L d XYZ	d	all	T	5152 Oolite S Major
B G L d XYZ	d	all	T	5152 White-Tailed Eagle S Major
B G L d XYZ	e	all	T	5152 Silicon S Major
B G a c Z	b	l	S	5056 Anniversary D Major
B G bc XYZ	f	all	S	5152 Lutetium S Major
B I L NOPRS abc e XYZ	f	all	T	5152 Alexandrite S Major
B I L NOPRS abc e XYZ	f	all	T	5152 Flax Bourton S Major
B LM c XYZ	b	all	T	5152 Wotton-under-Edge S Major
B L bcd XYZ	b	l	T	5056 Dorchester S Major
B L cd YZ	b	l	S	5088 Dorchester S Major
B L cd YZ	b	l	S	5040 December A Major	see Note 12
B L d XYZ	c	all	T	5152 Cassiopium S Major
B L XYZ	d	j	T	5152 Ivory S Major
B L Z	b	l	S	5056 Garnet D Major
B M S cd XYZ	b,c,f	all	T	5152 Butleigh S Major	see Note 16
B M S cd XYZ	a,d,e	all	T	5152 Niobium S Major	see Note 16
B M S cd XYZ	b,c,f	all	T	5152 Wotton-under-Edge S Major	see Note 17
B M cd XYZ	b,c,f	all	T	5152 Iridium S Major	see Note 16
B N S a YZ	c	all	S	5152 Bath & NorthEast Somerset S Major
B a cd YZ	c	k	S	5120 Somerset S Major
B a c e Z	b	l	S	5056 Barrow Court S Major
B a c e Z	b	l	S	5056 Barrow Court S Major
B a c YZ	c	all	S	5152 Actinouranium S Major
B a c YZ	d	all	S	5152 Natrium S Major
B a c YZ	e	all	S	5152 Dordt S Major
B a c Z	b	all	S	5152 Iddesleigh D Major
B a c Z	c	all	S	5152 Meitnerium S Major
B a c Z	b	l	S	5056 Lunar D Major	see Note 10
B a c Z	b	l	S	5012 Ambleside A Major	see Note 12
B a c Z	b	l	S	5124 Dordrecht A Major	see Note 12
B a c Z	d	all	S	5152 Arsenic S Major
B a c Z	d	all	S	5152 Natrium S Major
B a c	b	l	S	5024 Wales D Major
B a c	b	l	S	5152 Barrow Court S Major
B a c	d	j	S	5088 Bevan's D Major
B a d YZ	c	all	S	5152 Somerset S Major
B a d YZ	e	all	S	5152 Rubidium S Major
B a d YZ	h	all	S	5152 Heliotrope S Major
B a Z	b	all	S	5152 Ruby D Major
B a Z	b	all	S	5152 Ruby D Major
B a Z	b	all	S	5152 (5022) Scudamore D Major	see Note 10
B a Z	b	all	S	5152 Xmastide D Major
B a Z	b	l	S	5056 Alloa S Major
B a Z	b	l	S	5056 Holbeach S Major
B a Z	b	l	S	5056 Yate D Major
B a Z	c	all	S	5152 Actinouranium S Major
B a Z	c	all	S	5152 Oxford Castle S Major
B a Z	d	all	S	5376 (5152)Thallium S Major
B a Z	d	all	S	5152 (5086) Aluminium S Major	see Note 10
B a Z	f	all	S	5152 Glucinium S Major
B a	b	l	S	5088 Mells D Major
B a	b	l	S	5404 (5096, 5012) Dordrecht A Major	see Note 12
B bc XYZ	b	l	T	5056 Tantalum S Major
B c f Z	d	all	S	5152 Queen Eleanor S Major
B c XYZ	e	all	S	5152 Camdon S Major
B c XYZ	e	all	S	5152 Camdon S Major
B c YZ	a	all	S	5152 109 S Major
B c YZ	b	all	S	5152 Beddington S Major	see Note 6
B c YZ	c	all	S	5152 Cornelian S Major
B c YZ	d	all	S	5152 Berkshire S Major
B c YZ	d	all	S	5152 Dysprosium S Major
B c YZ	d	all	S	5152 Iron S Major
B c YZ	d	all	S	5152 Lowther Castle S Major	see Note 1
B c YZ	d	all	S	5152 Staffordshire S Major
B c YZ	d	all	S	5152 Xenolite S Major
B c YZ	d	j	S	5152 Half-Century S Major
B c YZ	d	j	S	5152 Up Hatherley D Major
B c YZ	e	all	S	5152 Lanthanum S Major
B c YZ	e	all	S	5152 Livermorium S Major	see Note 6
B c YZ	e	all	S	5040 Little Chef L S Major	see Note 9
B c YZ	f	all	S	5152 Ealing S Major	see Note 1
B c YZ	h	all	S	5152 Antimony S Major
B c YZ	j	d	S	5152 Decadium S Major
B c YZ	j	all	S	5152 Curium S Major
B c YZ	j	all	S	5152 Decadium S Major
B c YZ	j	all	S	5152 Rutherfordium S Major
B c YZ	j	d	S	5152 Decadium S Major
B c Y	b	all	S	10080 (5056) Evesham S Major
B XYZ	c	all	T	5152 St Aldhelm S Major
C E G I MNO RS b def XYZ	b	all	S	5152 Didymium S Major
C G IK O R abcdef XYZ	a(c,e)	h,k,m	S	5152 Calcium S Major
C G IK O R abcdef XYZ	c(a,e)	h,k,m	S	5152 Marsium S Major
C G IK O R abcdef XYZ	c(a,e)	h,k,m	S	5376 (5152) Scandium S Major
C G IK O R abcdef XYZ	b,d,f	g,j,l	S	5152 Ambleside S Major
C G IK O R abcdef XYZ	g	all	S	5152 Uvarovite S Major
C G IK O R abcdef XYZ	h	all	S	5152 Golden D Major
C G IK O R abcdef XYZ	l	all	S	5376 (5152) Nottinghamshire D Major	see Note 2
C I abc XYZ	l	all	T	5376 (5152) Kurchatovium S Major
C O abcdef XYZ	b	l	T	5056 Hitchin S Major
D a cd YZ	f	all	S	5600 (5152) Northampton S Major
D a c Z	j	all	S	5152 Kaolinite S Major
D a c Z	j	all	S	5600 (5152) Neodymium S Major
D c YZ	j	all	S	5152 Vulcanite S Major
E G I M O RST abcdef XYZ	a	all	T	5376 (5152) Actinium S Major	see Note 15
E G I M O RST abcdef XYZ	a	c,e	T	5152 Actinium S Major	see Note 15
E G I M ab de XYZ	b	l	T	5056 Superlative S Major	see Note 5
E G I M ab de XYZ	b	l	T	5152 Superlative S Major	see Note 5
E G I M ab de XYZ	b	l	T	5184 Superlative S Major	see Note 5
E G I M b de XYZ	b	all	T	5152 Superlative S Major
E G I M b de XYZ	b	l	T	5184 Cherwell S Major	see Note 5
E G I b de XYZ	b	l	T	5056 Superlative S Major
E G I b de XYZ	b	l	T	5056 Superlative S Major
E G I b de XYZ	b	l	T	5088 Superlative S Major
E G I b de XYZ	b	l	T	5184 Superlative S Major
FG L R bc XYZ	a,d,e	all	T	5152 Uttoxeter S Major
FG L R bc XYZ	b,c,f	all	T	5152 Nitrogen S Major
FG L R bc XYZ	g	all	T	5152 Plumbum S Major
F I LM O R bc XYZ	b	all	T	5376 (5152) Bismuth S Major
F I LM O R bc XYZ	g	all	T	5376 (5152) Chromium S Major
F L R bc XYZ	f	all	T	5376 (5152) Exeter S Major
GHIK NOPRS U cdef XYZ	b,d,f	all	T	5376 (5152) 110 S Major
GHIK NOPRS U cdef XYZ	g,j,l	all	T	5376 (5152) Tin S Major
GHI O R bc f XYZ	k	all	S	5152 Muonium S Major	see Note 11
G I O R bc f XYZ	b,c,f	all	T	5376 (5152) Jellium S Major
G I O R bc f XYZ	j	all	T	5376 (5152) Rhodium S Major
G R bc XYZ	a,d,e	all	T	5376 (5152) Thorium S Major
G R bc XYZ	k	all	T	5376 (5152) Cuprum S Major
G R bc XYZ	k	all	T	5376 (5152) Verdite S Major
I abc f XYZ	l	b	S	5056 Cornwall S Major
I abc XYZ	a	m	T	5024 Royal Wootton Bassett D Major
K a c f Z	l	b	S	5056 Nottinghamshire D Major
K a f Z	l	b	S	5056 Welshpool S Major
abcdef XYZ	b	l	T	5024 Montgomery S Major
abcdef XYZ	a–f	all	T	5152 Scandium S Major
abcdef XYZ	c	k	T	5088 Scandium S Major
abcdef XYZ	d	j	T	5088 Xenon S Major
abcdef XYZ	d	j	T	5184 Phosphorus S Major
abcdef XYZ	g	f	T	5152 Ich Dien S Major
abcdef XYZ	h	e	T	5056 Kalium S Major	see Note 3
abcdef XYZ	h	e	T	5088 Golden D Major	see Note 3
abcdef XYZ	h	e	T	5088 Woolavington D Major	see Note 3
abcdef XYZ	h	e	T	5120 Frodsham S Major	see Note 3
abcdef XYZ	h,k,m	all	T	5152 Germanium S Major
abcdef XYZ	j	d	T	5184 Zinc S Major	see Note 3
abcdef XYZ	j	d	T	5120 Radon S Major	see Note 3
abcdef XYZ	j	d	T	5120 Zircon S Major	see Note 3
abcdef XYZ	l	b	T	5024 Cornwall S Major
abcdef XYZ	m	a	T	5120 (5056) Double Dublin S Major	see Note 3
abc f XYZ	b	l	S	5088 Montgomery S Major
abc f YZ	b	l	S	5024 Montgomery S Major
abc f YZ	h	e	S	5088 Battersea S Major
ab f YZ	h	e	S	5120 Actinon S Major
a c f Z	l	b	S	5088 Barrow Gurney S Major
a c f Z	l	b	S	5088 Cornwall S Major
a c Z	j	d	S	5024 Xeres S Major	see Note 3

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