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A military cadence or cadence call is a call-and-response work song sung by military personnel while running or marching. They are counterparts of the military march . Military cadences often take their rhythms from the work being done, much like the sea shanty .
According to Hiro Songsblog a drum cadence is "'a drumline piece played in a parading marching band between or in place of full-band pieces'. Cadences are also: 'a chant that is sung by military personnel while parading or marching'." [1] Cadences employ the four basic drum strokes and often directly include drum rudiments.
The cadence was employed at the USNA from the early 1970s until the late 1980s when efforts were made to prohibit its singing. [8] During pre-production of the 1982 film An Officer and a Gentleman , the screenplay was sent to the US Navy for approval in the hopes that the military would support production of the film.
It is said that many ancient empires first developed marching as a way to move troops from one place to another without them getting mixed up with other troops. [2] A soldier learning to march to drum cadences, martial music and shouted commands is considered an essential element of teaching military discipline.
Martial music or military music is a specific genre of music intended for use in military settings performed by professional soldiers called field musicians. Much of the military music has been composed to announce military events as with bugle calls and fanfares , or accompany marching formations with drum cadences , or mark special occasions ...
For instance, the U.S. Army requires that, the day following the death of a former President of the United States, every Army post must fire artillery "every half-hour, beginning at reveille and ending at retreat." [7] United States drum cadences are performed at a fast 120 beats per minute. Funeral cadences are performed at 112 beats per minutes.
Among ancient war drums that can be mentioned, junjung was used by the Serer people in West Africa.The Rigveda describes the war drum as the fist of Indra. [1]In early medieval Europe, the Byzantine Empire made use of military drums to indicate marching and rowing cadence, [2] as well as a psychological weapon on the battlefield since the End of Antiquity. [3]
This march style is the official parade march in the armed forces of Bolivia and Ecuador and the military academies and schools of Venezuela, done with the goose step during parades and ceremonies. The standard pace is 60 paces per minute (88 for the FFL). Australian Army Slow Time is 70 paces per minute with a 75cm pace.