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2. Taps (bugle call) - Wikipedia

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   Echo Taps or Silver Taps is a tradition in which "Taps" is played at U.S. military schools—such as Norwich University, Texas A&M University, New Mexico Military Institute, The Citadel, and Virginia Tech—when a member or former member of a school's corps of cadets is killed in action.

3. Military funerals in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The sounding of Taps is performed by a lone bugler or an audio recording, at a distance 30 to 50 yards from the grave site while a "Final Salute" is given (in specific cases with the United States Military Academy, a muffled drum roll might accompany the bugler). Full honor military funerals include all standard honors in addition to the following:

4. Martial music - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

5. The history of 'Taps,' played at countless American military ...

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   Military bugle call, 'Taps,' has ties to Utica. Here's how Mohawk Valley history is intertwined with well-known call. The history of 'Taps,' played at countless American military ceremonies, has ...

6. Tattoo (bugle call) - Wikipedia

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   The original concept of this call was played on the snare drum and was known as "tap-too", with the same rule applying. Later on, the name was applied to more elaborate military performances, known as military tattoos. The etymology of the military tattoo is from Dutch "tap toe", unrelated to the Tahitian origin of an ink tattoo. [1]

7. Cambridge Township Army bugler was the first person to play ...

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   The story of how military taps came to be involves a Union Army general and his brigade bugler, Cambridge Township native Oliver Wilcox Norton.