The Retreat, or La Retraite for the French, is the opposite of the Reveille. Whereas the Reveille is beaten at the break of dawn to signal the sentries to cease…
Did you know there are 8 unique historic variations on Three Camps? The modern version comes from Strube (1869), but earlier manuals show a Three Camps with different rolls (7s,…
The American army, quite understandably, took most of its original drum music (and military tradition!) from the British. Thus, it’s no surprise that the American’s original Drummer’s Call was taken…
If you want to take your authenticity up a notch and open up your drumming technique, chances are you should be wearing your sling around the neck and not over…
There are some questions whether or not The Tattoo was played in North America. This is an important question to explore as we try to reconstruct the duties of British…
Today, the modern snare drum tends to act as the driving cadence for marching bands and snare drums are still used in some military contexts to keep the soldiers marching…