It's heard everywhere here on fort bragg. Not mad at it all, it's not too loud. But if you're out by a quite fire like me, you hear it. I used to hear it in basic training too. It always makes me genuflect and think.
My questions simply, what bugle call is it? What does it mean? It sounds very melancholy.
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I don't really listen to band repertoire much, but my teacher made me listen to some (specifically, Battle Hymn of the Republic played by the army band or something), and the opening bugle call really caught me off guard. The first trumpet was just playing arpeggiated B-flat major triad notes, and the second voice started off sounding normal, but then it started playing f-sharp and a b-natural and it sounded pretty off, especially for pre-modern music. Is this traditional? Doesn't the harmonic series of a keyless bugle limit them to a few diatonic notes only?
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So I’m looking for sheet music for all sorts of military bugle calls. More than just taps and reveille. Looking to use mainly for lip flexibility exercises on all valve combinations.If any of you y’all have a link, a PDF, a book that I could buy, I’d really appreciate it
Is there any significance to bugle calls being different at almost every military post? I grew up near an Air Force base and only ever heard reville, retreat and taps. Fort Knox seemed to have a bugle call every 5 minutes, other places I’ve been to have been somewhere in between that.
Is it CG’s preference? Historical significance? It’s always seemed weird to me that something so ubiquitous isn’t standardized at all.
Wait, this shoppette has an Arby’s?
The first days of a cycle just flat out sucks when you're on the trail. The Privates are confused creatures and are just trying to survive the whole time while having no clue on how to do anything. They can't march, they can't understand anything... they're just lost little ducklings that have imprinted on you and seek your maternal caring and love to survive until they can fly away. Because of this, completing even of the simplest tasks can be a nightmare. Most people think of Drill Sergeant time as just yelling and flipping your shit on them but some of the times, you're literally trying to not yell at them because it could startle them like a fainting goat and you'll be trying make them be able to move again before the buses leaves the range.
So, with that being said, when I was in one company we had a convenient PT field that only belonged to us. We didn't have to share the field with the other companies which was extremely convenient. It was just this patch of grass not far from the Company Training Area across the street with only one side of parking.
Mind you, this is Day 1 and I'm dealing with a timid bunch. For some reason, I was the only Drill there for my platoon so I really had my hands filled. They don't know how to march. They're disoriented. I have something I need to do really quick (can't remember the specifics ) but I need them to get to the field. I see other Drills are preparing to file their platoons down to the field be sending them in a line instead of marching them. There was some stairs that would lead them directly to the parking lot and ultimately across to that sweet, sweet PT field where we will attempt to show them warm-up drills.
I have to assess the threat levels of this. If sending scattering Day 1 Privates in a line doesn't seem like an arduous task... you know nothing of the trail. One, it's dark because we're up at buttfucking early o'thirty which means they could trip when trying to get out there, causing this domino effect of tripping Privates who are now all injured and I'll have to explain things to the Sergeant Major again. There's the possibility of Phil, the chain smoking chow hall worker, may be running late with a bad hangover and he could come crashing into them Grand Theft Auto style. They don't have PT belts just yet... Hell, it is Georgia and they are still pretty defenseless in their current state. A large bobcat could sweep one up or maybe even an angry mob of squirrels. We're guaranteed to lose one or
... keep reading on reddit ➡Anyone else have an interest in music for bugles? Not just bugle calls, but marching tunes, etc. I've been collecting some up and am starting a newsletter and website to start sharing them.
I'm curious how many others would be interested in this kind of music? Are you even aware it exists?
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At 5 (just now), I heard the retreat bugle call followed by the star spangled banner. Does the base blast its bugle calls that loudly / does sound carry that well right now?
Bastions normal ultimate sound is only heard by his enemies. Well I got to thinking that his Friendly sound should be the Cavalry Bugle because it already fits so well with his charge fanfare
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