Bugling
Requirements
1. Give a brief history of the bugle. Resources: Bugles in American History (video) The Bugler's Cry - A History of Taps (video)
2. Do the following:
(a) Explain and demonstrate how the bugle makes sound, and explain how the bugle is related to other brass wind instruments. Resource: The Physics of Music: Playing Fire, Ice and Jelly Trumpets (video)
(b) Compose a bugle call for your troop or patrol to signal a common group activity, such as assembling for mealtime or striking a campsite. Play the call that you have composed before your unit or patrol.
3. Sound 10 of the following bugle calls: "First Call," "Reveille," "Assembly," "Mess," "Drill," "Fatigue," "Officers," "Recall," "Church," "Swimming," "Fire," "Retreat," "To the Colors," "Call to Quarters," and "Taps." Resources: First Call (video) Reveille (Awake for Morning Call) (video) Assembly (video) Mess (video) Drill (video) Fatigue (video) Officers (video) Recall (video) Church (video) Swimming (video) Fire (video) Retreat (video) To The Color (video) Call to Quarters (video) Taps (video)
4. Explain when each of the calls in requirement 3 is used. Resource: US Army Bugle Calls Daily Sequence: An Honorable Tradition (video)
5. Explain how to care for, clean, and maintain a bugle. Resource: How to Clean a Bugle...and Dealing With Spit (video)
6. Serve as bugler in your troop for three months.