Change Ringing

In this project, the English tradition of change ringing is explored historically, mathematically, and with Python programming. Change ringing is the ringing of church bells by a group of ringers in a prescribed pattern, so that a set of bells is rung in all possible combinations, without moving the position of any bell in the sequence more than one position forwards or backwards. Ideally, all bells change positions regularly in order to keep the sequence interesting for the bell ringers. This tradition originated in England in the 17th century and is still practiced today. Change ringing sits at the intersection of music and mathematics, and both of these aspects were explored in this project. In addition, the project included creating a Python program that found the 24 valid change ringing sequences for a set of four bells and simulated change ringing using recorded bell sounds.