Stedman Doubles

This diagram shows the order of work in the method. The accompanying table shows the first few changes in the method and whether you are 'Quick' or 'Slow'.

In Stedman doubles there is no Bob only a Single which only affects the bells in 4&5 Places. This is very different from Stedman at higher stages (Triples, Caters and Cinques) as these have both Bobs and Singles that are called at a different position in the six.

There are subtle differences whether the Single is called in a Quick or Slow six. It is not necessary to worry which type it is, but are described here for completeness. If you have gone out quick and make cats ears because the call came in a slow six, the two places in 4ths between the ears will be over the same bell, but not if you went out slow. In a quick six, the bell making anti-cats ears will notice the bell they made their 45 Up with before the Single, returns after the anti-ears for their 45 Down and acts as a reminder to go in quick.

Note: The Single should be called at the backstroke (the underscored place in the table below), but some conductors wrongly call it a blow later at handstroke as they might in triples.