Military music

Martial music or military music is a specific genre of music intended for use in military settings performed by professional soldiers called field musicians.

Military bands evolved from buglers and drummers who let troops into battle and served to communicate commands over the noise on the battlefield. Drummers also aided marching troops with their cadence. Today military bands are largely ceremonial.

Bands provide martial music during official events including state arrivals, military funerals, ship commissioning, and change of command and promotion ceremonies; they conduct public performances in support of military public relations and recruitment activities such as street parades and concerts; and they provide ...

The first is military field music. This type of music includes bugles (or other natural instruments such as natural trumpets or natural horns), bagpipes, or fifes and almost always drums. This type of music was used to control troops on the battlefield as well as for entertainment.

In the United States armed services, a military cadence or cadence call is a traditional call-and-response work song sung by military personnel while running or marching.

On the Home Front. Among civilians, music not only rallied public opinion about the war, but also provided a link between what was happening on the battlefield and what they were experiencing at home. On numerous occasions, songs powerfully united public sentiment behind the war effort.

Singing a cadence while running or marching helps SMs keep their heads up, take deeper breaths and exhale more forcefully. This increases oxygen to the lungs and gives the body more energy. This in turn makes the unit healthier and better prepared.

drum major The drum major is often dressed in more ornate clothing than the rest of the band or corps and is responsible for providing commands to the ensemble, leading them while marching, and directing them what to play, when to play, the dynamic or volume of playing, and what time to keep.

Army Reserve Bands provide part-time musical support to local regions. Performances include a concert tour two weeks out of every year or support for a military base, with opportunities for overseas travel. Army Reserve Bands include concert band, rock band, brass and woodwind quintet, jazz combo, and more.

This type of music includes bugles (or other natural instruments such as natural trumpets or natural horns), bagpipes, or fifes and almost always drums. This type of music was used to control troops on the battlefield as well as for entertainment.

"The Duckworth Chant" (or "Sound Off!") A V-Disc issued in 1944 credits the origin of "Sound Off" ("The Duckworth Chant") to Private Willie Lee Duckworth of Sandersville, Georgia, an African American soldier serving in the United States Army.

Military musicians are enlisted members of their country's armed forces who play in various ensembles and perform duties related to music stewardship.