Delight Months

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There are three series of twelve methods apiece named after months: one of surprise methods with English month names, one of delight methods with English month names, and one of delight methods with French names month names.

This web page contains a variety of compositions in the delight months. Compositions of these methods in this collection also appear in their natural, alphabetic place among the pages of individual surprise methods. They are also all collected on this page for the convenience of bands that may wish to tackle them as a series.

5,088 January Delight Major

Donald F Morrison (no. 370)

234567  W  V  F  B  I  M  H
647253        -
726453  -                 -
563742        -
673542     -  -        -  -
432657        -
473652     -        1     -
274536     -     1
342567  -  -     3         
Repeat twice.

Contains all 24 each 56s, 65s and 8765s, 21 each 5678s off the front, 8765s off the front and 8756s off the front, 18 6578s off the front, and 15 8756s

Rung at Stoke Poges on 2 January 2002, conducted by J Alan Ainsworth.

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5,024 May Delight Major

Donald F Morrison (no. 3153)

23456  B  M  W  H
42356           -
54326        -
36425     -     s
42365        -  -
35264     -     s
35642  -        -
43652        -
63254     -
63542  -        -
26345     2     s
34265        -  -
24563     -
46235  -
23465        -  -
45362     -     s
64352        -
45623  -
32564     -  s  -
52463     -
25634  -        s
32654        -
25346  -
23456        -  2

Contains 92 combination rollups including all 24 each 56s and 65s, and back rounds.

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5,088 May Delight Major

Donald F Morrison (no. 3154)

 234567   V  B  M  W    
 53642          -  s
 42365       2
 537462               F
 237456      s  s
 427635   s  s     -
(652347)     s  s  2  In
 34256          s  -    
Repeat twice.

Contains all 24 each 56s and 65s, 15 7658s, 12 5678s off the front, and all 7 near misses.

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5,088 May Delight Major

Donald F Morrison (no. 3155)

 234567    B   M   W   In  H
 45632         s   -       -
 427365        -   s   F
(253647)   s   s   s   -
 473625            s   F   s
 237654   sV       -   F
 657243            s   a
(635247)   V       -   -
 42356         -   s       -
Repeat twice. a = In,sT,sT.

Contains all 24 56s, 18 each 8756s, 7568s and 5678s off the front, 15 8765s off the front and tittums.

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5,024 May Delight Major

Donald F Morrison (no. 3156)

234567  B  M  W  H
42356            -
25346         2
63542      -     -
45362         s  s
64352         -
64523   -        -
26543         -
56342      -
56423   -        -
42563         -  -
42635   -        -
234756       In  3
372546  -
642357     3  F  -
35264   3        -
65243      s  s
23456      -  -  2

Contains all 24 each 56s, 8765s and 7568s, 60 little bell rollups, and tittums.

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May Delight Major

5,088 June Delight Major

Donald F Morrison (no. 3966)

23456  B  M  W  H
52436        -
36524     2  -
62345  -
64523     2  -  -
42356     -  2   
Repeat twice.

Contains 18 56s, 12 8765s off the front, 9 8756s off the front, 6 each 65, 7568s, 7658s, 5678s off the front and 6578s off the front, and back rounds.
Also true to Middlethorpe Hall Delight.

Rung at Chalfont St Giles on 19 June 2009, conducted by J Alan Ainsworth.

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5,088 June Delight Major

Donald F Morrison (no. 3967)

234567  B  M  W  H
45632      s  -  -
54326   -        s
432756     -  s  In
374526  -
264357        F  s
35462      -  -  s
64253      s  -  s
34256      s      
Repeat twice.

Contains 18 each 56s, 8765s and 7568s, 15 each 5678s off the front and 8765s off the fornt, 6 each 65s, 8756s, 7658s, 6578s off the front and 8756s off the front, and back rounds in the last course.

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5,024 June Delight Major

Donald F Morrison (no. 3968)

23456   B   M   W   H
42356               -
25346           2
42563   -           2
56423           -   -
45623       3       -
26354       -   -
43526  sV   ss     sF
42635       2   -   -
62345           2   -
53246       -       -
64235       -   -   -
36245           -
65243       -       2
23456       -   -   2

Contains 18 56s, 12 8765s off the front, 9 5678s off the front, 8 8765s, 6 65s, and back rounds.

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5,024 June Delight Major

Donald F Morrison (no. 3969)

234567  V   M   W   H
42356               -
25346           2
36542       s       -
45263       s   -   s
62534       s   s   s
472536      s   s  sT
273546      -
325467  ss  2      sF
357426      s   -   F
634527  In      s   s
52436       -   -   s
34625       s   -   s
24635           s
56432       -       -
35462           -
24563       s       s
65342       s   -   s
23456       s   -   2

Contains 18 each 56s and 8765s, 11 8765s off the front, 10 5678s off the front, 6 each 65s, 8756s and 6578s off the front, queens and back rounds.

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June Delight Major