Plain Hunt - Showing the line

Method ringing requires each ringer to learn the pattern of successive changes, this is made even more challenging because, by tradition, no visual aids are allowed whilst ringing. The simplest method, shown in these diagrams, is known as "Plain Hunt", in which each bell "hunts" from the leading position to the last position and back again.

By superimposing a graph line over the path of one bell (No 1 in the diagram), the ringer can trace the position of his bell in the sound pattern relative to all the others.