Once you learn how to handle a bell, these are the first things you learn to ring with a band of ringers.

• Rounds
• Call-Changes 
• Places 
• Dodging 
• Mexican Wave   
• Dodgey Mexican Wave   

The following methods lead up to the next skill - hunting. Starting with hunt-on-2, which is an extension of Places and Mexican Wave, these lead up to hunt-on-5

• Bistow Little Bob Doubles   
  ring the treble which does hunt on 2
• Cloister Doubles (Stedman start) 
  ringing the 2 or 3 which do hunt on 3
• Plain Hunt on 5
  ring any of the bells to do hunt on 5
• Treble to Plain Bob Doubles or Grandsire Doubles
  ring the treble, which does hunt on 5, whilst the rest of the bells change order

Having mastered hunting on 5 we move on to ringing some methods on 5 bells, called Doubles Methods.

• Bistow Little Bob Doubles   
  ring a working bell to get used to the work and dodging in 3/4
• Plain Bob Doubles   
  the same work is Bistow, but spread out. One of the most commonly rung methods which extends up to Maximus
• Cloister Doubles   
  ring the 1,4 or 5 to get used to dodging in 4/5
• Grandsire Doubles   
  another very commonly rung method on odd numbers of bells which extends up to Cinques
• Stedman Doubles   
  more complex than the previous rung methods, with some wrong hunting and points, but also includes bits from Cloister. Another commonly rung method on odd numbers of bells that extends up to Cinques.

Hunting on 7 is just an extension of hunting on 5

• Plain Hunt on 7
  just 2 more bells added to Plain Hunt on 5, but still lead off the tenor
• Treble to Grandsire Triples
  plain hunt on 7 for the treble, and the 2 in the plain course

Triples methods where there are 7 working bells (since at most 3 pairs of bells can swap at a time). These are all extensions of the Doubles methods we have already learnt.

• Plain Bob Triples 
  the extension of Plain Bob Doubles, add dodges in 5/6 and 4 blows in 7ths. The bobs and singles are the same.
• Grandsire Triples   
  the extension of Grandsire Doubles, add 6/7 dodges. The bobs and singles are the same.
• Stedman Triples 
  the extension of Stedman Doubles, add 6/7 dodges, but note that the bobs and singles are different.

Hunting on 6 -fewer bells than hunting on 7, but you no longer have the tenor to lead off. Its all down to rhythm.

• Plain Hunt on 6
  just like other plain hunts, but remember to include the tenor in the hunting
• Treble to Little Bob Minor
  still no tenor to lead off, but you only have to hunt to 4ths
• Treble to Plain Bob Minor
  hunting on 6, still no tenor, and the bells keep changing order

now that you can hunt without a tenor covering, we extend add some methods

• Plain Bob Minor   
  the even bell extension of Plain Bob Doubles, add dodges in 5/6 but skip the 4 blows behind
• Little Bob Minor   
  a handy and fun little method, with similar work to Plain Bob, but twice as often

combine your skills at hunting on 6 with dodging and you have treble bob hunting. Just remember to dodge EVERYWHERE

• Treble Bob Hunt on 6
  a great way of practicing your dodging
• Treble to Cambridge Surprise Minor
  Ring the treble whilst the rest of the band rings Cambridge, but remember that all of the work in 5/6 is with the same bell, but changes every lead.

Now that you can treble bob hunt on 6, lets ring some methods

• Kent Treble Bob Minor   
  this has a lot of treble bob in it, with some similarity to Little Bob too
• Cambridge Surprise Minor   
  your first surprise method, daunting at first glance, just learn each place bell, one at a time
• London Surprise Minor 
  you haven't had to hunt wrong since Stedman, but London is full of it

you already know how to ring on 8 bells from huntin on 7, and you can lead without a tenor from hunting on 6. Put them together as hunting on 8

• Plain Hunt on 8
  the logical extension to hunting on 5,6 and 7
• Treble to Little Bob Major
  still only hunt up to 4ths but get used to the 8 bell rhythm
• Treble to Plain Bob Major
  just plain hunt, but everyone else changes order
• Treble to Cambridge Surprise Major
  extend your skills at treble bob hunting on 6 to 8 bells. just remember do dodge in 7/8.

having mastered hunting on 8, lets ring some methods

• Plain Bob Major 
  the extension of Plain Bob to 8 bells
• Little Bob Major   
  the extension of Little Bob to 8 bells

For Surprise Major we like Project Pickled Egg, so have based our proposed repertoire on those methods

• Cambridge Surprise Major   
  your first surprise major method. It's a logical extension of Cambridge Surprise Minor
• Yorkshire Surprise Major 
  very similar to Cambridge with some variations. You just have to remember the differences.
• London Surprise Major 
  like London Surprise Minor, there is lots of wrong hunting, and lots of bits of London Minor work, but this one is not a logical extension.
• Adelaide Surprise Major 
  well, we ARE the Adelaide Bellringers, and this method has new features and a new lead-end order
• Bristol Surprise Major 
  another method with wrong hunting, also double, and the first surprise major which is an 8th place method rather than 2nds place
• Superlative Surprise Major 
  once more this has similarities to Cambridge, but is a double method. Remember to count to 5
• Cornwall Surprise Major 
  often suggested as the first of the PPE methods to learn, this method also has some new work and a new lead-end order
• Lessness Surprise Major 
  a popular method with some similaritires to both Yorkshire and Adelaide

You should be getting pretty good at this by now. Caters has 9 working bells (since at most 4 pairs of bells can swap at a time)

• Grandsire Caters 
  the extension to Grandsire Triples but with 8/9 dodges. The bobs and singles are the same as doubles and triples.
• Stedman Caters
  the extension of Stedman Triples but with 8/9 dodges. The bobs and singles are the same as Stedman Triples

Nothing to do with the Queen, just methods on 10 bells

• Plain Bob Royal 
  the 10 bell extension of Plain Bob with added 9/10 dodges
• Little Bob Royal   
  the 10 bell extension of Little Bob with added 9/10 dodges
• Cambridge Surprise Royal 
  the logical 10 bell extension of Cambridge Surprise
• Yorkshire Surprise Royal 
  the logical 10 bell extension of Yorkshire Surprise
• London No3 Surprise Royal   
  similarities to London Major and minor, and whilst not a logical extension probably the most commonly rung extension
• Bristol Surprise Royal 
  the logical 10 bell extension of Bristol Surprise

Methods on 11 bells (since at most 5 pairs can swap at a time)

• Grandsire Cinques 
  triples and caters.
• Stedman Cinques
  the extension of Stedman Caters but with 10/11 dodges. The bobs and singles are the same as Stedman triples and caters

No roman gladiators involved, but there are 12 bells involved in the methods. Lots of bells and rung very closely together.

• Plain Bob Maximus 
  the 12 bell extension of Plain Bob with added 11/12 dodges
• Little Bob Maximus   
  the 12 bell extension of Little Bob with added 11/12 dodges
• Cambridge Surprise Maximus 
  the logical 12 bell extension of Cambridge Surprise
• Yorkshire Surprise Maximus 
  the logical 12 bell extension of Yorkshire Surprise
• Newgate Surprise Maximus 
  the logical 12 bell extension of London No3 Surprise Royal
• Bristol Surprise Maximus 
  the logical 12 bell extension of Bristol Surprise