Chiming bells (chime, stop)

Synopsis

chime tower_id bells

stop tower_id

Description

Chiming provides a quick way to hear what bell samples and particular rows (changes) sound like, without having to ring methods. Simple tunes may even be played on them!

Chiming bells

In its simplest form, the a single bell may be chimed; for example to hear bell 7 (sample 7.wav) of St Wilfrid's Harrogate (an 8 bell tower)

CRE> tower wilf "Harrogate St Wilfrid"
CRE> chime wilf 7

Whole rows may be played; for example, to ring the Whittingtons change (531246) on the back 6 of an 8 bell tower

CRE> tower wilf "Harrogate St Wilfrid"
CRE> chime wilf 753468

Playing tunes

By default, all notes played are crochets (single beat). To alter the duration, a duration parameter may follow the group of notes; for example to play the above as quavers (half beat):

CRE chime wilf 753468,0.5

Timings may be mixed, by separating groups of notes by spaces; for example to play the first line of Oranges and Lemons

CRE> tower wilf "Harrogate St Wilfrid"
CRE> chime wilf 464 68 76,0.5 574 6 8,2

N.B. The duration of a crochet (1 beat) may be controlled by changing the value of tempo - a number in beats per minute.

Stopping bells sounding (stop)

When each bell strikes, it resonates until it strikes again. To stop all bells resonating, the stop command may be used; for example

stop wilf