"A History of Civil War Drummer Boys (Part 1)" Topic
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Tango01 | 13 Jul 2020 9:52 p.m. PST |
"Throughout the history of warfare musicians have always played an important role on the battlefield. Military music has served many purposes including marching cadences, bugle calls and funeral dirges. Fifes, bagpipes and trumpets are just some of the instruments that were used to instruct friendlies and intimidate foes. But perhaps the most notable instrument was the drum. From as far back as the ancient days of Babylon, the beating of animal skins rallied the troops on the field, sent signals between the masses, and scared the enemy half to death. During the Revolutionary War, drummers in both the Continental and English ranks marched bravely into the fight with no more protection than their drums and sticks. Drummer boys during the American Civil War were younger than their predecessors from the Revolution, but more advanced in their playing. Each drummer was required to play variations of the 26 rudiments. The rudiment that meant attack was a long roll. The rudiment for assembly was a series of flams while the rudiments for drummers call were a mixture of flams and rolls. The rudiment for simple cadence was open beating with a flam repeat. Additional requirements included the double stroke roll, paradiddles, flamadiddles, flam accents, flamacues, ruffs, single and double drags, ratamacues, and sextuplets…" Main page link Amicalement Armand |
Extrabio1947 | 14 Jul 2020 5:07 a.m. PST |
In the ACW. The Union had two schools of music, one at Newport, KY and another at Governor's Island, NY. Musicians (fifers and drummers) were issued a guide that included all the rudiments, calls, and songs, including the reveille sequence that began with "Three Camps." The guide was written by George Bruce and Daniel Emmett. Emmett was the composer of "Dixie" and the song as originally written – including the minstrel cakewalk – is included in the guide. Paradiddles and such were named because of the sound the drum strokes produced. |
Tango01 | 14 Jul 2020 11:38 a.m. PST |
Thanks!. Amicalement Armand |
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