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    • The American Reveille: A British Origin?
      • The Three Camps Reveille
      • The Dutch Reveille
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      • The Austrian Reveille
      • The Scotch Reveille
      • The Origin of the English / American Reveille Sequence
      • What is a Compound Drag?
    • The Major Duty Calls: “The Troop”
      • The Troop, or Assembly
      • The Troop – Forming the Guards
      • Trooping the Colors
      • Short Troops
      • Summarizing The Troop
    • The Major Duty Calls: “The Retreat”
      • The Retreat: The Fife Music
    • The Major Duty Calls: “The Tattoo”
      • The Tattoo: Drum Beating
      • The Tattoo: Fife Music
      • The Tattoo Sequence
    • The Major Duty Calls: “The English March”
      • Rhythm of the English March
      • Rudiments of The English March
      • Fife Music of the English March
      • Performing the English March
    • The Major Duty Calls: “The Three Cheers”
      • The Flam: To Commence all Beatings
      • The Signal Strokes
      • The Three Rolls / Cheers / Chords
      • The Camp Taps: Drummer’s Call and Reveille
      • Summary: Commencing Beatings
    • Drummer’s Call
      • Drummer’s Call: The Drum Beating
      • Drummer’s Call: The Fife Music
    • Virtuosic British Drumming
      • Creating a Fancy Short Troop
  • 18th C. French Drumming
    • Performing French Duty Calls
      • La Générale: Learn the French ‘To Arms’
      • L’Assemblée: Learn the French Assembly
      • L’Appel: Learn the French Parley
      • Le Drapeau: Learn to French ‘To the Colors’
      • Aux Champs: Learn the French Cadence
      • La Charge
      • La Retraite: Learn the French Retreat
      • La Prièr
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      • Le Ban
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      • La Diane: Learn the French Reveille – Single Drag
      • La Diane: Learn the French Reveille – Double Drag
      • La Rappel aux Tambour
      • La Pas Accéléré
    • Performing Philidor’s Drum Beatings
      • 2/2 Beatings in Philidor
      • 3/4 Beatings in Philidor
      • 3/8 Beatings in Philidor
      • 6/4 Beatings in Philidor
      • La Petite Marsche
      • Using the Roll in Marches
    • Virtuosic French Drumming
      • Le Rigodon d’Honneur
      • Variations: Sauté Rudiments
      • Variations: Coup Anglais
  • 18th C Prussian Drumming
    • Locken – The Call / ‘Signal Strokes’
    • Prussian Reveille / Wecken
    • General Marsch – Prussian General
    • Rast
    • Vergatterung – Prussian Assembly
    • Fahnen Troop – Prussian Flag March
    • Arbeit – Prussian Fatigue March
    • Fligel Grenadier March – Prussian Charge?
    • Zapfenstreich – Prussian Tattoo
    • Schaar Wacht – Prussian
    • Musquetier March – Prussian Foot March
    • Grenadier March – Prussian Grenadier March
    • Prussian Religious Services
    • Todten Marsch – Prussian Funeral March
    • Feuer Alarm – Prussian Fire Alarm
    • Prussian Drummer’s Call
    • Das 4 Uhr Stuck – Prussian
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    • Double Stroke Roll Beginner Practice Guide
    • Performing the Three Camps, or Points of War
    • Double Drag Practice Guide
  • Tempo in Historic Music
    • Why did armies march so slow?
    • Performing Common Time
    • Performing Triple Time
    • How do you improve your tempo?
  • History of the Snare Drum
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Month: September 2024

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Why you need to learn more Double Drags

Posted by By stix1845 September 28, 2024Posted inAmerican Duty Calls – Revolutionary War, British Duty Calls – Revolutionary War, Practice Tips, Snare Drum Rudiments
How many double drag beatings do you know? How much do you know about double drag beatings? If you re-enact or portray an 18th or 19th century British and/or American…
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Spice Up Your Three Camps Solo With Historic Variations

Posted by By stix1845 September 28, 2024Posted inAmerican Duty Calls – Revolutionary War, British Duty Calls – Revolutionary War, Historic Drum Manuals
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,…
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Recent Posts
  • Why you need to learn more Double Drags
  • Spice Up Your Three Camps Solo With Historic Variations
  • Bâton Méle: Le Rigodon d’Honneur
  • Ave Maria: The Origin of The Retreat
About This Site

This site’s mission is to put out high-quality academic research about the history of the military snare drum, drum rudiments, and historic methods of performance.

Historic Drumming

This site’s mission is to put out high-quality academic research about the history of the military snare drum, drum rudiments, and historic methods of performance.

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  • Why you need to learn more Double Drags
  • Spice Up Your Three Camps Solo With Historic Variations
  • Bâton Méle: Le Rigodon d’Honneur
  • Ave Maria: The Origin of The Retreat
  • Evolution of Drummer’s Call in the American Army
  • Talking to the Public: Interpreting While Drumming
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