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5 +10 | It's based on bell-ringing ... |
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It's based on bell-ringing ... Explanation: A Triple Bob Major is a way of ringing bells in (almost) every possible combination. "Ringing the changes" is an expression based on bell-ringing, and it appears that Mr Pecksniff is very good at making changes. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 8 mins (2007-03-21 15:18:16 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- This may help, but I couldn't open the reference: charles dickens and musicA slight technical knowledge of bell phraseology is found in _Barnaby Rudge_ (7), where he mentions the variations known as a 'triple bob major. ... www.gutenberg.org/files/16595/16595.txt - 244k - Cached - Similar pages |
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