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1. Give a brief history of the bugle. 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. (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.” 4. Explain the use of each of the calls you performed. 5. Explain how to care for, clean, and maintain a bugle. 6. Serve as bugler in your troop for three months.*

* NOTE: A bugle, trumpet, or cornet may be used to meet these requirements. Music and Bugling Resources.

Music and Bugling Resources Scouting Literature ———. Percussion & Electronic Instruments. Chelsea House, 2000. Bugle Calls/Voice of Lord ———. Stringed Instruments. Baden-Powell (CD) Chelsea House, 2000. ———. Woodwind & Brass Instruments. Chelsea House, 2000. order Scouting-related resources, Ench, Rick, and Jay Cravath. North American Indian Music. Franklin Watts, 2002. Ganeri, Anita, and Benjamin Britten. The Young Person’s Guide to the Books Orchestra. Harcourt, 1996. Aronson, Virginia. The History of George, Nelson. Hip Hop America, Motown. Chelsea House, 2001. revised ed. Penguin Books, 2005. Barber, Nicola. Music: An A–Z Guide. Fichter, George S. American Indian Franklin Watts, 2002. Music and Musical Instruments. Bouchier, David. Composers. Random House, 1978. Workman Publishing Goulding, Phil G. Classical Music: Company, 1999. The 50 Greatest Composers and Cohn, Lawrence, ed. Nothing But the Their 1,000 Greatest Works. Blues: The Music and the Musicians. Ballantine Books, 1995. Abbeville, 1999. Green, Douglas. Classic Country Cooper, Helen. Basic Guide to How to Singers. Gibbs Smith, 2008. Read Music. Perigee, 1985. Harnum, Jonathan. Basic Music Copland, Aaron, and Alan Rich. Theory: How to Read, Write, and What to Listen for in Music, Understand Written Music. Sol Ut reissue ed. Signet Classics, 2011. Press, 2005. Danes, Emma. Music Theory for Havighurst, Jay. Making Musical Beginners. EDC, 1997. Instruments by Hand. Dearling, Robert. Keyboard Instruments Rockport, 1998. & Ensembles. Chelsea House, 2000. Kallen, Stuart A. The Instruments of Music. Lucent Books, 2002.

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Lehman, Glenn. You Can Lead Wyatt, Keith, and Carl Schroeder. Hal Singing: A Song Leader’s Manual. Leonard Pocket Music Theory: A Good Books, 2001. Comprehensive and Convenient Palmer, Willard A., Morton Manus, and Source for All Musicians. Hal Amanda Vick Lethco. The Complete Leonard, 2002. Book of Scales, Chords, Arpeggios Zinsser, William Knowlton. Easy to and Cadences. Alfred Music, 1994. Remember: The Great American Rabbai, George. Fun with the Bugle. Songwriters and Their Songs. Mel Bay, 2000. David R. Godine, 2001. ———. Infantry Bugle Calls of the Websites and Organizations American Civil War. Mel Bay, 1997. Barbershop Harmony Society Raph, Theodore, ed. The American 110 Seventh Ave. North Song Treasury: 100 Favorites. Nashville, TN 37203-3704 Dover, 1989. Telephone: 800-876-7464 Schneider, Richard H. Taps: Notes Website: http://www.barbershop.org From a Nation’s Heart. William The Blues Foundation Morrow, 2002. Website: http://www.blues.org Sennett, Ted, and Andrew G. Hager. Bugle Calls Song & Dance: The Musicals of Website: Broadway. Friedman/Fairfax, 2001. http://venture190.tripod.com/bugle.html Smith, Richard D. Bluegrass: Classical Music Archives An Informal Guide. A Cappella Website: Books, 1995. http://www.classicalarchives.com Sullivan, Robert, ed. LIFE Rock & Roll at 50: A History in Pictures. Country Music Association Time, 2002. One Music Circle South Nashville, TN 37203 Surmani, Andrew, Karen Surmani, and Telephone: 615-244-2840 Morton Manus. Alfred’s Essentials of Music Theory: A Complete Self- Website: http://www.cmaworld.com Study Course for All Musicians. Drum Corps International Alfred Music, 2004. 110 W. Washington St., Suite C Thomas, Roger. Groups, Bands, Indianapolis, IN 46204 & Orchestras. Heinemann Telephone: 317-275-1212 Library, 2001. Website: http://www.dci.org Thompson, Wendy. The Great International Bluegrass Composers. Anness, 2009. Music Association Ward, Geoffrey C., and Ken Burns. Toll-free telephone: 888-438-4262 Jazz: A History of America’s Music. Website: http://www.ibma.org Knopf, 2002. Red Hot Jazz Archive Website: http://www.redhotjazz.com

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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Copland House, courtesy— and Museum page 35 (bottom) 1100 Rock and Roll Boulevard The Ira and Leonore Gershwin Cleveland, OH 44114 Trusts, courtesy—page 35 (top) Telephone: 216-781-7625 Website: http://www.rockhall.com Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Smithsonian: Music in the Museum courtesy—page 29 Website: http://americanhistory.si.edu/ collections/music.cfm Roger Morgan, courtesy— page 32 (bottom) U.S. Naval Academy Drum and Bugle Corps New Orleans Metropolitan Convention Alumni Hall and Visitors Bureau Inc., 675 Decatur Road courtesy—page 33 (top) Annapolis, MD 21402-5086 New York Philharmonic Archives, Telephone: 410-293-3602 courtesy—page 37 (bottom) Website: http://www.usna.edu/usnadb Brian Payne, courtesy—page 42 Acknowledgments ©Photos.com—cover (saxophone, gui- tar/ampliﬁer, drum); pages 3, 11, The Boy Scouts of America gratefully 16 (instruments), 17 (trumpet), 19 acknowledges the assistance of Thomas (bottom right), 22 (CD cases, CD), J. Heany, director of programming for 23, 25 (both), and 59 (top, center) the National Music Foundation, and Jeff Weir, director of the U.S. Naval Randy Piland, courtesy— Academy Drum and Bugle Corps, in page 38 (bottom) revising and updating this edition of Shutterstock.com—cover (mobile the Music and Bugling merit badge phone with headphones; Maxx- pamphlet and the requirements for Studio/Shutterstock, courtesy); page the two badges. 24 (tobkatrina/Shutterstock.com, Thanks also to Eagle Scout James courtesy) Cook and his father, Jerry Cook, for contributions to this edition and previ- Yamaha Corporation of America, ous editions of the pamphlet. courtesy—page 19 (top) The Boy Scouts of America is All other photos and illustrations not grateful to the men and women serv- mentioned above are the property ing on the Merit Badge Maintenance of or are protected by the Boy Scouts Task Force for the improvements made of America. in updating this pamphlet. Dan Jansen—page 4 Photo and Illustration Credits John McDearmon—all illustrations on Ballet Arlington (Texas), 2002 pages 14 and 59–61 Nutcracker, courtesy; photo by Brian Payne—pages 10, 44, 46, and 52 Sharon K. Nolan—page 27

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