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The band follows the direction of the pipe major; when on parade the band may be led by a drum major, who directs the band with a mace. Standard instrumentation for a pipe band involves 6 to 25 pipers, 3 to 10 side drummers, 1 to 6 tenor drummers and 1 bass drummer.
A Tambour-Major of the French Imperial Guard (historical reenactment). The position of drum major originated in the British Army with the Corps of Drums in 1650. [citation needed] Military groups performed mostly duty calls and battle signals during that period, and a fife and drum corps, directed by the drum major, would use short pieces to communicate to field units.
Lieutenant-Colonel Bud Walsh presents a pipe banner to then-Pipe Major Alan Clark on 20 October 2007. Being a Highland regiment, the dress uniform of the pipes and drums is based on traditional Scottish military dress. It marches in Scottish kilts and wear a tartan unique to the Cameron Highlanders of the Canadian and British forces.
Drum major of the Household Division (Welsh Guards) with bearskin headdress and ceremonial mace. A drum major in the military is the individual leading a military band or a field unit (corps of drums, fanfare band, pipe band or drum and bugle corps). It is an appointment, not a military rank.
The pipe major is the leading musician of a pipe band, whether military or civilian. Like the appointment of drum major , the position is derived from British Army traditions. During the early twentieth century, the term sergeant piper was used instead.
The use of red in musician's uniforms is maintained to varying degrees by U.S. military bands today, as seen in the uniforms of the U.S. Marine Corps Band, the U.S. Marine Drum and Bugle Corps, the Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps of the 3rd Infantry Regiment, and in the peaked hats of the U.S. Army Band which are colored red in contrast to the ...
The Military Band was under the direction of John Griffin and the Pipes and Drums under Robert Ireland. The Military Band became so notable that it earned the nickname "Canada's Crack Military Band" due to its growing popularity. [6] The military band also continued to perform frequently, in its own right and with the Pipes and Drums.
The USAF Pipe Band was activated in 1950 as a subordinate unit of the United States Air Force Drum ... uniform regulations, the band ... band's final pipe major, ...