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Tabs (RB) didn't mind me playing my trumpet - except for one "bugle call" -
The Last Post. He'd loudly meow in a melancholy way whenever I played that tune. No other combination of notes produced the same reaction. The opening note on its own? No reaction. The second note on its own? Ditto. Put the two together, with the expected duration and dynamics, and he'd cry. I don't know that call - what is it used for? It was originally used for the end of the day, but it became standard for military funerals. Same function as "Taps" in the US. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4NtSqZcT_4 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- e m a i l : j a c k @ c a m p i n . m e . u k Jack Campin, 11 Third Street, Newtongrange, Midlothian EH22 4PU, Scotland mobile 07800 739 557 http://www.campin.me.uk Twitter: JackCampin |
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According to Wikipedia, it is used in British Army camps to signal the end of the day, but it is also used at military funerals and in Remembrance Day ceremonies. In the USA, the "Taps" call is used in a similar manner. Indeed - they are the same tune. I don't hear much similarity. Last Post: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McCDWYgVyps Taps: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nhtr5J00ntA "Taps" doesn't have the fast bit that in British folklore goes to the words "come to the cookhouse door, boys". As that second video says, "Taps" is purely American and dates from the Civil War. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- e m a i l : j a c k @ c a m p i n . m e . u k Jack Campin, 11 Third Street, Newtongrange, Midlothian EH22 4PU, Scotland mobile 07800 739 557 http://www.campin.me.uk Twitter: JackCampin |
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On 2/23/2014 9:24 PM, Jack Campin wrote:
[The Last Post] According to Wikipedia, it is used in British Army camps to signal the end of the day, but it is also used at military funerals and in Remembrance Day ceremonies. In the USA, the "Taps" call is used in a similar manner. Indeed - they are the same tune. I don't hear much similarity. Last Post: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McCDWYgVyps Taps: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nhtr5J00ntA "Taps" doesn't have the fast bit that in British folklore goes to the words "come to the cookhouse door, boys". As that second video says, "Taps" is purely American and dates from the Civil War. I don't hear much similarity, either. I don't know a thing about Last Post (sorry!). I do know Taps. My father's cremains are interred in a National Cemetery. He was buried with full military honours and a 21 gun salute (which they didn't dare do in the middle of a battlefield). A bugler played Taps while the Marines folded the American Flag and presented it to my mother. But Taps isn't just about funerals. As your video link about Taps indicates, a bugler sounds Taps when the flag is lowered at nightfall. So, similar in that respect, yes. But no, not the same tune. There are words that go with Taps. I learned them when I was a Brownie Scout. "Day is done, gone the sun, from the lake, from the hills, from the sky; all is well, safely rest, God is nigh." Here's another historical video about Taps. It seems Taps was taken from a bugle call (signalling end of the day, quit drinking, go to bed!) known as the "Scots Tatoo". It predates the Civil War. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImeNKft0WaI Jill |
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