The drummer's and fifer's guide, or, Self-instructor : containing a plain and easy introduction of the rudimental principles for the drum and fife ... /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bruce, George B. (Author), Emmett, Daniel Decatur, 1815-1904 (Author)
Format: Musical Score Book
Language:English
Published: Davenport, IA : Amazon Drygoods, [19--?]
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Table of Contents:
  • Instructions for the drum-major.
  • Fife instructor. Camp duty. Reveille. Three camps, or, Points of war ; Slow Scotch ; Austrian ; Dawning of the day ; Hessian ; Dusky night ; Prussian ; Quick Scotch ; Pioneer's call, or, Fatigue ; The assembly ; Surgeon's call ; Breakfast call
  • Guard mounting. Adjutant's call ; The three cheers ; Troop ; Dinner call (Roast beef)
  • Afternoon duty. Retreat (at sundown) ; Lamplighter ; Pretty girl milking the cow ; Erin's green shore
  • Tattoo (or bed-time). The doublings ; Quickstep (New Tatter Jack) ; Slow march ; Downfall of Paris ; My lodging's on the cold ground ; Troop (Trust to luck) ; Quick step.
  • Irregular calls and beats. The General ; The parley (and Church call) ; To the color
  • Funeral duties. Funeral marches ; Merry-men ; The girl I left behind me ; The rogues march
  • Signals
  • Quick steps, for drum corps
  • Standard beats. Quick step (Biddy oats) ; Quick step (Lydecker's) ; Quick step (Albany beef) ; Quick step (Turnpike bend) ; Quick step (Emmett's) ; Quick step (Sugar in the gourd) ; Quick step (Speed the plough) ; Quick step (Cincinnati) ; Quick step (Kenderbeck's) ; Quick step (Pushee's) ; Quick step (Iron Bridge) ; Quick step (Empty pockets) ; Quick step (Bob Hitchcock's Primitive reel) ; Quick step (Ben Green's) ; Quick step (Sandy Mc Gregor's) ; Quick step (The Corkonian) ; Quick step (Owl Creek) ; Quick step (Katty's rambles) ; Quick step (Wyman's) ; Quick step (The House o' Duncan) ; Quick step (No party) ; Quick step (Col. Robertson's welcome) ; Quick step (Circus rider) ; Quick step (Mississippi) ; Quick step (Boston) ; Slow march
  • Hail to the Chief (Salute for a General) ; Slow march ; Slow march
  • Fancy quick steps. Dedekii / Jacobs ; Chebang ; Far-down ; Downshire ; Capt. Whiting's / Walch ; Col. Andrews' / Walch ; Ancient and Hon. Artillery / E. Kendall ; Ned Kendall's / E. Kendall ; Newport ; Sixth Infantry / Walch ; Major Riley's ; Capt. Palmer's / Walch ; Fourth Artillery ; Larry O'Brien ; The muffled drum ; Fort McHenry quickstep ; Seely Simpkins (Drum Major Juba Clark's, Army quick step, "Emmett") ; Here's to our friends (Drum-major Juba Clark's army quickstep) ; Dixie / Daniel D. Emmett ; H-ll on the Wabash ; Cuckoo's nest quickstep ; Cuckoo quickstep ; Sole-leather quickstep
  • Side beats. King William ; Prince Eugene ; Prince Edward ; British Grenadiers ; Hog-eye man
  • Fancy troops. Duke of York's ; Comet waltz ; Covington waltz ; Steiners' waltz ; Bear grass waltz ; St. Louis waltz ; Pretzel waltz ; Poor Cato ; Quick Scotch (Jersey blue) ; Quick Scotch (Charming Molly); Quick Scotch (Ten pound note) ; Slow Scotch ; Slow Scotch (Highland Mary) ; Single drag (Nancy Dawson) ; Single drag (Yankee doodle) ; Single drag (Money must) ; Slow retreat (Roving blades) ; Slow retreat (Sailor boy) ; Slow retreat (Fairy boy) ; Quick retreat (Tally-i-o) ; Quick retreat (Wild Irishman) ; Quick retreat).