enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Bugle call - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugle_call

    A bugle call is a short tune, originating as a military signal announcing scheduled and certain non-scheduled events on a military installation, battlefield, or ship. Historically, bugles , drums, and other loud musical instruments were used for clear communication in the noise and confusion of a battlefield.

  3. Taps (bugle call) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taps_(bugle_call)

    This is because the bugle, for which it is written, can play only the notes in the harmonic series of the instrument's fundamental tone; a B-flat bugle thus plays the notes B-flat, D, and F. "Taps" uses the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth partials. Taps in C "Taps" is a bugle call—a signal, not a song. As such, there is no associated lyric.

  4. Reveille - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reveille

    Musical notation of "Le Réveil" from French military rules book published July, 29 1884 "Reveille" (US: / ˈ r ɛ v əl i / REV-əl-ee, UK: / r ɪ ˈ v æ l i / rih-VAL-ee), [1] called in French "Le Réveil" is a bugle call, trumpet call, drum, fife-and-drum or pipes call most often associated with the military; it is chiefly used to wake military personnel at sunrise.

  5. Martial music - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martial_music

    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 ...

  6. To the Color - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_the_Color

    "To the Colors" is a bugle call honoring the United States used when there is no band present, when the national anthem (The Star-Spangled Banner) cannot be played or when the national anthem has been played already but honor is to be rendered again. The United States Armed Forces requires the same courtesies to "To the Colors" as to the ...

  7. Last Post - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Post

    Memorial stained glass window, Class of 1934, Royal Military College of Canada showing officer cadet sounding the bugle call for the "Last Post" or "The Rouse". During the 19th century, the "Last Post" was also carried to the various countries of the British Empire. In all these countries, it has been incorporated into military funerals, where ...

  8. Armed Forces Medley - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_Forces_Medley

    The United States Marine Drum and Bugle Corps performing the Armed Forces Medley at the Friends of the National World War II Memorial.. The Armed Forces Medley, also known as the Armed Forces Salute is today recognized as a collection of the official marchpasts/songs of the 6 services of the United States Armed Forces: Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, and Space Force. [1]

  9. Boots and Saddles (bugle call) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boots_and_Saddles_(bugle_call)

    "Boots and Saddles" is a bugle call sounded for mounted troops to mount and take their place in line. [1] In the British Army it is used as a parade call. [2] Its name drives from the French phrase boute-selle, "put on saddle". [3] The call has been used by the United States Army during the American Civil War [4] as well as World War II. [5]