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1221: 477: 145: 173: 565: 189: 249: 165: 748:, and from 1867, the HMLI/RMA drummers were called "buglers" only. These buglers served individually in ships, the Royal Navy's shore establishments, and artillery units, and were massed into Corps of Drums for their units on the ground. Fifes eventually disappeared in usage. By then, a bugler playing both the drum and bugle to sound orders and calls was a common sight in the HMLI and RMA. By the 1890s, buglers also trained in herald and fanfare trumpets became commonplace in HMLI and RMA bases and facilities. 396: 640: 584:(HAC) maintains a Corps of Drums, and as such is the only such sub-unit in an artillery unit in the British Army. Although the Honourable Artillery Company now fulfills an artillery role, it was historically an infantry regiment, with two battalions fighting during the Great War. The last infantry battalion was disbanded in 1973, but the Corps of Drums remained. Just as in other Corps of Drums of the British Army, its personnel carry out a soldiering role as their main function. 257:

battalion on the march. A Drum Major (the equivalent of a Sergeant Major for the drummers) was appointed to be in charge of the drummers and organize training in the emerging discipline of military drumming. When off duty, the Corps of Drums would carry out various roles within the battalion, such as administering military justice and ensuring soldiers' billets were secured. The Corps would deploy with the rest of the battalion and would often form specialist platoons such as

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Soldiers". The formation used in this march would become an HMLI and RMA standard formation, and the precision stick drills that Miller implemented became a permanent fixture in military events where the HMLI and RMA were present. In 1903, when the RM began operating the Royal Naval School of Music (RNSoM), they too implemented this formation. The formation would inspire those utilized by modern military bands of countries such as Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, and Brunei.

1276: 843: 771:, and other venues. By the 1950s, only the band carried the corps at the lead, as a separate Corps of Drums, which played only bugles alongside the drums, were discontinued altogether. By 1978, the Royal Marines Band Service (RMBS) would also feature buglers. By the 1990s, however, only five RM Corps of Drums remained. After the Deal Depot and the Chatham band dissolved in 1996 and the 1940s respectively, three Corps remained at the Royal Navy bases in 274: 814:). Buglers' training lasts two years. Basic military skills are taught during four months of initial military training and, if successful, trainee buglers are instructed on the bugle, drum, and herald and fanfare trumpets. Musical skills are refined and supported with additional lessons in music theory and aural perception. Parade work forms a large part of the curriculum and considerable time is spent developing personal drills and bearing. 1272:, chromatic fanfare trumpeters, buglers, trumpeters, or trombonists. Military Corps of Drums are usually separate from the massed military bands of the unit or command that it is a part of, and are led by a drum major who is a junior officer. Until 1970, all Corps of Drums served to reinforce the massed bands in major parades, a tradition introduced in Moscow in the 1930s and influenced by the former Imperial Russian and German practice. 36: 1135:(VFMAC) has a Corps of Drums that is part of the regimental band. Uniforms and music are modeled after the Royal Marines' Corps of Drums. Additionally, VFMAC has a similar but separate formation that is part of the Corps of Cadets and is known as VFMAC Field Music, which only uses drums, cymbals, bugles, and, as of 2011, fifes. Formed in 1956, it also provides the official guard of honor for visitors to the Delaware Valley area. 1220: 608: 947: 1611:. The drum majors in these bands make unique use of the mace in order to coordinate the timing and precision of the band. The Indonesian corps may also have dancing bass drummers, dancing contrabass buglers, and baritone buglers who wear either uniforms or costumes, a unique feature that ties these corps to Indonesian cultural traditions. The instruments are pitched in C, F, or B major. 707:—which in the 18th century was led by the War Office, the Board of Ordnance, and the Commissariat—marines were naval units. Royal Navy officers were at one point part of the marines. Due to two laws that regulated them and other army and navy units, marine drummers faced confusion over what drum calls to perform, for what branch, and on what occasion they might be required to drum. 623:(RWT) in 1803. There are reserve soldiers within the Corps of Drums of 157 Regiment RLC, based in Cardiff in Wales. This is not a conventional Corps of Drums, as it has no flautists and comes under the command of the regimental headquarters of the RLC, rather than forming a separate entity. It frequently plays with the Band of the RLC but often performs in isolation. 1600:. A Corps is either attached to the main marching band or operates as a stand-alone band. At the same time, the instruments of the "civil front ensemble" may be different from it, but they all contain a variety of different instruments. If saxophones are included, the corps turns into a full marching band, a tradition in the Home Affairs Governance Colleges. 981:(Go where divine providence leads), is displayed on the upper scroll, and 'Northumberland' on the lower. Above the lower scroll is a large 'V' with 'Regt' below, both in gold, indicating that the Northumberland Fusiliers were the 5th Regiment of Foot at the time of the battle. A laurel wreath with red berries surrounds the central elements, and 886:. During this action, they captured the color of an opposing French regiment and took a large number of prisoners. After this date, the regiment carried a small green silk banner in addition to their usual stand of colors to commemorate the one they captured. This was destroyed along with the Regimental Color by a fire in the 627:

King George, with the title below. A few drums from the period survive today. The drumsticks were of Canadian maple, following the campaigns in North America during the Napoleonic era. The drums had drag ropes purchased from unit funds. Whilst drummers carried the bugle, the common instrument for the "Waggoners" was the

1466:. The regimental drum corps is divided into three units, which are assigned to different battalions in the PPCLI. These individual drum corps operate as small drum lines. Unlike their British and American counterparts, the drum corps does not utilize flutes or bugles. More historical Corps of Drums can be found in the 1773:

Like the Chilean corps, Ecuadorian armed forces bands have differences in configuration and instrumentation. The corps snare and tenor and sometimes bass drummers often play on drums that are painted in the service or unit colors (sometimes in the colors of Guayaquil, which are blue and white for the

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In the British Army, military snare drums (MSD) are the principal instrument of the Corps of Drums; however, the bugle serves an important role as well. Bass drums are often used during parades and drum displays, while cymbals and single tenor drums are used during parades and ceremonies only. Herald

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Corps of Drums in Bolivia, both military and civil, are inspired by German and French band practices and are part of the main band. The instruments used by these corps include snare drums, tenor drums (single and multiple), bass drums, cymbals, and sometimes glockenspiels. In military corps attached

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Ecuadorian Civil Corps of Drums are similar to the Army and Air Force corps but are typically started as youth bands stationed in schools across the nation. Notable exceptions include the Corps of Drums of the Ecuadorian National Police. Like military corps, they are led by a drum major in all their

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Civilian Corps of Drums are also formatted after the various military services, with corps often patterned after those of the Army, Navy, and Marines in instrumentation and marching style. These corps are staffed by both veteran and retired military drummers as well as civilian drummers. In Northern

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was due soon, and the Senior Bandmaster of the HMLI, Lieutenant George Miller, asked his fellow bandmasters to find buglers for his band for the review. At a church parade the next day, he asked 30 HMLI buglers to front the HMLI Massed Bands. They then marched to his arrangement of "Onward Christian

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As the regiment still maintains the privilege granted to it by King William IV in 1830, that the HAC should dress in similar uniforms as the Grenadier Guards, except wearing silver where the Grenadiers wear gold, the Corps of Drums of the HAC dresses in a very similar fashion to that of the Corps of

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and bugles, respectively. Each battalion of a regiment of line infantry maintains a Corps of Drums, which may be massed together on certain occasions. All corps-of-drums soldiers are called drummers (shortened to 'Dmr') regardless of the instrument they play, similar to the use of the term "sapper"

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As time went on, the individual drummers and fife players would be organized at the battalion level instead of the company level. Thus, the Corps of Drums became attached to the battalion headquarters. They retained their role in each company in battle but would form one body of men at the head of a

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player. These two musicians would march at the head of the company, and when not providing uplifting marching tunes, they would be used by the company commander to convey orders on and off the battlefield. The drummers would be more aptly described as signalers than musicians, as shouted orders were

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The Guatemalan, Honduran, and El Salvadoran corps traditions are mostly active in school-based corps, which mirror the Drum and Bugle Corps of the U.S. and Mexico. In Panama, both the public forces and educational institutions maintain a corps section in bands, while some are standalone formations.

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Civilian corps are usually school-based bands and are either part of a school marching band or a standalone band, and may include a percussion section and glockenspiels. In these separate bands, a fife major leads the band's fifers while on duty, and also assists the drum major and the bugle major.

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In 2011, the Metropolitan Police restarted a Corps of Drums when the central youth engagement unit purchased drums and sent cadets to a "band camp". It is the first band in the Metropolitan Police to be composed of members of the Metropolitan Police since 1988. It is also the first band in the name

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After their formation, the HMMF's drummers and fifers of the three marine divisions played alongside their fellow soldiers in various landings worldwide on behalf of the Royal Navy. They joined their units in the American War of Independence, and a drummer was at James Cook's service during his sea

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Since the HAC is the oldest unit in existence in the British Army, and as drummers were employed at the establishment of infantry units at the latest during the 16th century, it may be assumed that the Corps of Drums of the HAC is the oldest in the British Army, though it has not been in continuous

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Eventually, as the use of musical instruments on the battlefield diminished, the Corps of Drums looked to fill specialist roles within the battalion while still retaining their original role for ceremonial purposes. In some armies, drummers were absorbed by bands and ceased to be infantry soldiers,

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Military corps have tabards applied on the bass drums, snare drums, glockenspiels, and bugles at every performance. One such formation is the Military Academy of Venezuela Corps of Drums. In recent years, there has been an effort to establish full-time military marching bands in the national armed

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are led by 'buglers', who are trained on both the side drum, the bugle, and the Herald Fanfare Trumpet (natural trumpet). This section of the band is referred to as "the Corps of Drums", which since 1903 is now situated at the front of the band. Whilst similar to the Army Corps of Drums, these are

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In the 1980s, these bands became paramilitary-styled. Many adopted the traditions of British military bands, but several of these bands took on the American marching band and Drum and Bugle Corps practice. Some of these bands also adopted woodwind instruments, turning them into full-time military

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At the time of Waterloo, in the period of deployment to the Low Countries, the RWT introduced drums made of brass. These originated on the Indian subcontinent. The size is 14 by 12 inches (360 by 300 mm). They weighed 16 pounds (7.3 kg). They were faced in blue and carried the cypher of

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opt for a more basic setup, utilizing only two to four of these instruments. Some bands feature optional instruments. These bands are attached to the main marching band but also perform as stand-alone bands. They are led by a drum major, though the former Drum and Bugle Corps of the Rifle Guards

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In some regiments, it has become customary for the percussion rank to wear leopard skins over their uniform. This protects both the uniform and the instrument, as cymbals have to be muffled against the chest, which may leave marks on the cloth, and the drums may be scratched by uniform buttons.

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military music formation. Historically, a Corps of Drums' primary role was communication. Today, the primary role of a Corps of Drums is ceremonial, performing in parades and military ceremonies. Besides drums, this formation may contain a variety of instruments, including trumpets, bugles, and

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Drums are either covered with cloth tabards of the unit or band to which the corps belongs or painted in various colors. The bugles, trumpets, and glockenspiels (and in military units and several civil bands, natural trumpets) are decorated with small tabards with the military service, police,

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decorating the standard uniform in various patterns. Many early patterns consisted of a "Christmas tree" pattern in which the chest was covered in horizontal pieces of lace decreasing in width downwards and chevrons of lace down each sleeve. The modern infantry pattern in the British Army is

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Another unique characteristic is that, in military and police Corps of Drums, tenor and bass drummers, baritone buglers (optionally), and contrabass buglers wear combat, duty, or everyday uniforms (and optionally costumes) instead of full dress uniforms while playing. These uniforms include

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RM buglers have a history similar to Army 'drummers' in that they were used to convey orders on a ship on drums and bugles, and would then mass onshore into a Corps of Drums, though they were still expected to work as individual soldiers, also known in slang by the Royal Navy as drummers.

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members of the Royal Marines Band Service (RMBS), and they retain their own rank structure. Members of the RMBS are primarily musicians; however, they also carry out secondary roles such as medics, drivers, and force protection when required to, like their Army counterparts.

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may be used to symbolize these corps, as well as a banner or guidon bearing the ensemble emblem. A drum major always leads the corps during military and civil parades and other events, and in modern corps even majorettes and pom-pom dancers may be a part of its roster.

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very hard to hear over the din of battle. Later, the bugle would become the preferred means of communication on the battlefield, and the drummers adapted; they started training on bugles and carrying them in battle while retaining the drum and the title of drummer.

1631:. Bands of the Armed Forces academies tend to have their single tenor drummers wear the specialty uniform and colored berets of the selected service arm or branch, with those of the Navy wearing free diving gear, and the Air Force wearing flight suits. 1118:, formally revived the Drum Corps style of music. This is the only musical unit of the U.S. Armed Forces in which its drum major salutes using the left hand. Musicians assigned to this unit wear 18th-century military uniforms such as those worn in the 1940:

Colombian Corps of Drums are similar to those of other South American countries but are different in leadership, being led by 3-7 drum majors or majorettes. Civil corps would also have a separate conductor, and occasionally standard bearers and

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use the RN/RM naval- and ship-style corps (snare drums, bugles, bass-, and tenor-drums, cymbals, and glockenspiels) and may be either attached to the main band or separate formations. This formation is also used by the military band of the

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As the musical role of a Corps of Drums became more ceremonial in the 19th and 20th centuries, more instruments were added for a more musically complete sound. A modern Corps of Drums may include a range of percussion instruments such as a

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In armies where Corps of Drums remained as bodies within infantry battalions, Corps members have assumed additional jobs such as delivering mail or designating billets, and are often given the role of assault pioneers or supporting-fire

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activities, but there are cases of multiple drum majors leading, from a minimum of two to a maximum of five. Some corps also feature majorettes and tambourine players. Those that are based on the Navy's Corps of Drums (especially

500:, being one of the few formations which regularly wear full dress. During the 18th century, most British Army drummers were distinguished by wearing their regimental uniforms in "reversed colors," so an infantry regiment wearing 599:, maintains an early form of the Corps of Drums known as the 'Musik'. In this capacity, more basic fifes and larger rope-tension drums are used, and 17th-century uniforms are worn in keeping with the rest of the company. 1762:

These positions also exist in corps which are now part of school bands, as well as in some volunteer community fire departments. These civil corps perform on occasions when requested and participate in competitions.

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The Royal Navy in the 19th century was short of manpower in both the HMMF-RM and the RMA. For this, Army units joined the HMMF-RM as replacement units, carrying not only their drummers and fifers but also buglers.

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Only four Armed Forces formations in Spain carry a full Corps of Drums led by drum majors, who play the fife or keyed flute alongside the drumline. The tradition arrived in Spain during the long existence of the

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maintained a Corps of Drums in the same manner as the Bundeswehr. During the Republic Day parades on October 7th in East Berlin from 1959 to 1989, the national corps included single tenor drums at the front.

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on parade are continued in most units. Due to the specialist duties and ceremonial aspects of a drummer's life, a Corps of Drums may be the unofficial custodian of regimental customs and traditions.

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and school or college-based bands and their associated corps are composed of field drums, single tenor drums, bugles, and glockenspiels, in addition to the regular snare and bass drums and cymbals.

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replaced the drum mid-way through the 19th century as the most common means of battlefield communication, it was sounded on parade to give certain orders, to offer salutes, or to play the "

1458:. As a musical unit, it replaced the regimental band of the PPCLI, which was dissolved in 1994. Based on the British tradition for these units, it is modeled on the Corps of Drums of the 763:(RMSoM), and the Royal Naval bands were dissolved. Annual, triannual, and eventually biannual beating retreats for both the Royal Marine bands and the RM Corps of Drums buglers began at 357:

Because the Corps of Drums' role on the battlefield was originally to signal orders, some units are organized into signal platoons for operating radios. Drummers would also accompany

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assisting the conductor, school band drum major, or music director. Tabards are attached to the bugles and glockenspiels as well as to the snare and tenor drums if applicable.

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marching bands. Almost all drum bands in the Netherlands use English voice commands instead of Dutch commands, and only a few use whistle commands and mace movements.

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The 1702 formation of the marine and sea-service foot regiments saw the drummers' greatest action at Gibraltar, when they played the drums to support their regiments.

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These drummer-buglers trace themselves back to the raising of the Royal Marines in 1664 as a maritime foot regiment, with six drummers attached to its battalions.

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Corps of Drums in Ecuador are both military and civil bands. These corps are very similar to the German corps but additionally include bugles and tenor drums.

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Today there are six RM Bands (plus the training company, RMSoM Junior Musicians and Buglers) remaining in the UK. They are located in Portsmouth (three in HMS

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Fanfare trumpets (natural trumpets) are also performed on some occasions. The Corps is led by a drum major and a bugle major serves as the principal player.

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in 1968, the tradition of carrying the Drummer's Color was maintained by the 2nd Battalion. When this battalion was dissolved in 2014, as a result of the

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saw into action ten British marine regiments and an all-American marine regiment, all were units whose drummers and fifers played alongside their units.

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Corps of Drums are recruited from the whole battalion and are usually attached to the battalion headquarters. Each Corps of Drums is commanded by a

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The corps is led by a single drum major. In some corps, especially in civil-based ones, other brass instruments may be added to the bugle section.

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The military-style corps also inherit the British corps' tradition of carrying drummers' swords, attached to belts on all their dress uniforms.

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title due to recent state reforms), the corps is led by a drum major (in several cases there would be 1 to 4 drum majors) and is composed of:

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Inspired by the German (and sometimes French) style corps of drums, South American corps differ in instrumentation, size and leadership.

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Drummers in the center foreground, in their original battlefield role, close to the officer and wearing the distinctive drummers uniform.

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in order to provide melody to accompany long route marches when not in combat. This has been replaced in the modern British Army by the

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Historically, Russian Corps of Drums are military units that are formally a part of the junior military high schools. Uniquely, the

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instead, and those affiliated with the Light Infantry, which have a Corps of Drums with only bugles and no fifes. The corps of the

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have up to ten drum majors. Several school civil corps in cities in Bolivia preserve the tradition of a bugle section and fifes.

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Similar to Germany, the Venezuelan Corps of Drums are both military and civil bands, and contain the following instrumentation:

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sports a small corps that is manned by officer cadets modeled on the Mexican corps tradition. School-based bands are known as

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are the names given to both military and civilian Corps of Drums in Germany. These corps commonly feature fifes, snare drums,

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Both the Svea Corps and the Army Drum Corps utilize the same instrumentation as a British corps, with a brass section added.

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Today's RM Corps of Drums consists of approximately 60 buglers who carry out duties ranging from repatriation services (

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corps uses the Army-style formations and instrumentation (flutes, bugles, snare-, bass-, and tenor-drums, cymbals, and

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In 1855, during the units' service in the Crimean War, the HMMF-RM's foot units became one under the unified title of

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would clothe its drummers in yellow coats with red facings. This practice tended to make drummers targets in battle.

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Historically, all members of a Corps of Drums would beat the various calls on the drum, but some would also play a

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each sport an ancient form of the corps, alongside a recently reconstituted formation from the Royal Guard of the

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The practice of drum corps was introduced to the Netherlands East Indies in the early 1800s, and today both the

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marching band, may be treated as a military, civil, or school marching and show band, and in some cases as a

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Modern "leopard skins" are made from synthetic fur. Other regiments opt for a simple leather or cloth apron.

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At Admiral John Jervis's insistence, by King George III's order of 1802, the HMMF was transformed into the

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The side drum was increasingly decorated throughout the 19th century, until it bore the fully embellished

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In Indonesia, the Corps, a military musical heritage from Dutch colonial times, and a variant of the

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are embroidered in the center, with red scrolls edged with gold above and below. The motto of the

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Ireland, civilian corps often utilize flutes, instead of bugles, and several formations even use

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of the Metropolitan Police since 1997, when the civilian Metropolitan Police Band was disbanded.

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Corps of Drums of the Moscow Military Conservatoire at the Victory Parade on Red Square, 2010.

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King's Guard Battalion has a Corps of Drums organized as a platoon. The Svea Corps of Drums (

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Natural trumpets (common in all three services; principal instrument in the Ecuadorian Navy)

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and may have a separate director of music (in civil and police bands only), majorettes, and

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follows the Turkish model by attaching a full bugle formation behind the corps of drums.

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and Georgia). Russian drum corps are usually made up of snare drummers with one line of

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Since then, a drummer has been entrusted with carrying the color. This is unique within

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forces, with the percussion of the corps combined with brass and woodwind instruments.

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After 1812, it was replaced by less conspicuous distinctions. These often consisted of

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Fifes (common only in the Ecuadorian Army and Ecuadorian Air Force and school bands)

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Chilean Gendarmerie: Snare drums and bugles (led by a drum major and a bugle major)

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Chilean Carabiners: Snare drums and bugles (led by a drum major and a bugle major)

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Similar to the German corps, the Chilean Corps of Drums are formally known as the

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both continue the traditions of the corps. Additionally, the two regiments of the

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maintained the practice with dedicated ensembles in several areas of the country.

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Mastibek Tashmukhamedov Military Lyceum of the Ministry of Defense of Tajikistan

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In 1755, this issue was resolved. The Admiralty took over what was then called

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Drum bands are the Dutch and Indonesian terms for the Corps of Drums. In the

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that originated in European armies in the 16th century. These corps feature

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For Love of Regiment: A History of British Infantry, Volume One, 1660–1914

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Military Corps of Drums belong to the Chilean Armed Forces' services, the

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In addition to Army and Navy/Royal Marines Corps of Drums, there are also

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A Corps of Drums called the West Point Hellcats operates as part of the

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The Drummer's Color, also known as the Wilhelmsthal Color, is a unique

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Irvine, Dallas (1945). "The First British Regulars in North America".

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are active, utilizing a formation similar to those of the RN and RM.

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maintains a Corps of Drums in each infantry battalion except for the

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to bands, there are one to two drum majors. Civil corps attached to

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who base their music on the military traditions of the country. The

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A 1902 incident changed the buglers forever. A Coronation Review at

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Drummers have traditionally been armed with "drummers' swords", a

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Its history can be traced back to Swiss mercenaries in the early

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Regiment was led by a bugle major. These bands may also feature

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Marching to the Drums: A History of Military Drums and Drummers

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The Drummer's Color is of gosling green silk edged with gold.

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in the front, occasionally featuring a third glockenspiel, a

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While the Corps of Drums in the British Army often parade in

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inch (13 mm) thick with a repeating crown pattern. The

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and other forms of dress, they will sometimes parade in the

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Music and Black Ethnicity: The Caribbean and South America

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Military Corps of Drums are attached to the bands of the

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The main instrument featured in a Corps of Drums is the

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surmounted by crowns are featured in the four corners.

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marching away from the forecourt of Buckingham Palace.

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are common within the school-based corps, with female

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The Venezuelan corps of drums has about 350 members.

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Duke of York's and Albany's Maritime Regiment of Foot

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Berdimuhamed Annayev 1st Specialized Military School

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