ROYAL MARINES SCHOOL OF MUSIC Bugle Calls, Drum Salutes & Beatings
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CONTENTS
DUTY BUGLER ROUTINES 4 General Salute 10 Nancy Lee 19 Grog Call 10 National Anthem 19 BUGLE CALLS Guard Call 10 Prebrajensky Salute 19 CTCRM Call 5 Lights out 10 RAF General Salute 20 Depot Call 5 Men’s Meal Call 10 Ruffle 20 Plymouth Call 5 Markers Call/Sgts’ Dinner Call 11 Rule Britannia 20 Portsmouth Call 5 NCOs’ Call 11 RMSoM Call 5 Officers’ Call 11 Sunset 5 Officers’ Dinner Call 11 Last Post 6 Officers’ Dress for Dinner 11 Reveille 6 Orderly Room 12 Advance 7 Out Pipes/Cease Fire 12 Alert 7 Parade for Piquet 12 Annul/Belay 7 Quarter Call 12 Band Call 7 Rouse 12 Cable Party 7 Saluting Gun Crews 12 Carry On 7 Secure 12 Clear Lower Deck 7 Sick Parade 13 Close 8 Special Sea Duty Men 13 Commence 8 Stand Easy 13 Commodore’s Salute 8 Still 13 Cruising Stations 8 Warning for Parade 13 Defaulters 8 Dismiss 8 DRUM BEATINGS 14 Disperse 9 Divisions 9 DRUM SALUTES & BEATINGS Drummers or Buglers 9 Assembly 18 Extend 9 British Grenadiers 18 Fall In 9 C in C Salute 18 Fatigue Parade/Duty Hands 9 Drummers’ Call 18 Flying Stations 9 Garb of Auld Gaul 19 One ‘G’ 10 Iolanthe 19
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MORNING COLOURS LEAVING HARBOUR ROUTINE ROUTINE 0755 Prep. Flag goes up Special Sea Dutymen ‘5 mins to Colours Sir’ Cable Parties 0759 ‘1 min to Colours Sir’ Guard and Band Guard Shoulder Arms/Slope Arms Clear Lower Deck (Bugle ready) Extend 0800 Prep. Flag comes down Alert ‘Colours Sir’ Salute ‘Make it so’ Carry On 8 Bells Close or Disperse Alert Present Arms Cruising Stations General Salute Carry on as ordered MILITARY FUNERALS Notes: Fix bayonets ––When a band is present the National Attention Anthem is played in place of the General Shoulder Arms/Slope Arms (Bugle Ready) Salute. Present Arms ––For Evening Colours, Sunset is sounded, no Last Post guard is present and no bell is struck. Silence Reveille
ENTERING HARBOUR ROUTINE QUARTER GUARD Special Sea Dutymen Fall in Right Guard Cable Parties Guard Right Dress, (Take a pace forward) Saluting Guns Crews Guard Dresses Guard and Band Eyes Front, SNCO returns Clear Lower Deck Bugler steps back after 4th pace Extend SNCO & Bugler dress on guard Alert Stand at Ease Commence On arrival of VIP Cease Fire Guard brought to attention Salute Shoulder Arms/Slope Arms (Bugle Ready) Carry On Alert One ‘G’ (Lower accommodation ladders) Present Arms Close or Disperse General Salute Carry On as ordered Note: ––On an Aircraft Carrier, Flying Stations is sounded prior to entering the harbour.
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CTCRM = 108
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DEPOT = 108
PLYMOUTH = 108
PORTSMOUTH = 108
RMSoM = 108
SUNSET = 108
Not used when underway.
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LAST POST Tempo Comodo
At sea used only for burials.
REVEILLE = 88
presto
Used for calling the hands. Follows Last Post at Naval Funerals.
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ADVANCE = 108
Also used as ‘Bathers enter the water’.
ALERT = 108
Precedes all salutes.
ANNUL/BELAY = 108
BAND CALL = 108
CABLE PARTY = 108
CARRY ON = 80 30
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CLEAR LOWER DECK = 132
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CLOSE = 132
COMMENCE = 108
COMMODORE’S SALUTE = 120
CRUISING STATIONS = 108
With one or more ‘G’s to indicate watch required.
DefaultersDEFAULTERS = 92
(Followed by 1 'G' -Captain's Defaulters) (FollowedFollowed by by one 1 'G' ‘G’ -Commander's - Captain’s Defaulters, Defaulters) Followed by two ‘G’s - Commander’s Defaulters.
DISMISS = 92
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DISPERSE = 92
DIVISIONSDivisons = 120
Used(Used for for ‘Hands 'Hands fall fall in in byby Divisions’.Divisions'. Also used forfor 'Evening‘Evening Quarters'. Quarters’.
DrummersDRUMMERS or Buglers OR BUGLERS = 108 q = 108
EXTEND = 108
Used at any time to extend men, such as ‘Man Ship’
FALL IN = 108
Fatgue Parade or Duty Hands FATIGUE PARADE OR DUTY HANDS = 108
(Followed by 'G's to indicate 1st or 2nd Duty Hands) Followed by ‘G’s to indicate 1st or 2nd Duty Hands.
FLYING STATIONS 108
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Used as an ‘Executive’, eg. ‘Out lower boom’, ‘Lower Accommodation Ladders’ etc; as a warning for the approach of ‘Rounds’; also sounded a few minutes prior to ‘Watches for Exercise’.
GENERAL SALUTE = 132
GROG CALL = 120
Followed by one ‘G’ - Limejuice
GUARD CALL = 108
LIGHTS OUT = 116
Followed by the belay - Undarken Ship.
MENS’ MEAL CALL = 120
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MARKERS/SGTS’ DINNER CALL = 108
Followed by one ‘G’ - Right Markers. Followed by two ‘G’s - Left Markers.
NCOs’ CALL = 108
Preceded by three ‘G’s - All NCOs. Followed by three ‘G’s - Coy. Sgts Major.
OFFICERS’ CALL (followed by three ‘G’s in barracks) = 92
Followed by one ‘G’ - Officers Warned. Followed by two ‘G’s - Cable Officers. Followed by Three ‘G’s - Executive Officers. Followed by four ‘G’s - All Officers.
OFFICERS DINNER CALL = 108
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OFFICERS DRESS FOR DINNER = 108
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ORDERLY ROOM = 108
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OUT PIPES/CEASE FIRE = 120
PARADE FOR PIQUET = 108
QUARTER CALL = 96
ROUSE = 90
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Used for ‘Guard and Steerage’.
SALUTING GUN CREWS = 92
SECURE = 108
Followed by ‘G’ - Return Arms.
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SICK PARADE = 132
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SPECIAL SEA DUTYMEN = 108
STAND EASY = 96
STILL = 100
WARNING FOR PARADE = 152
Followed by one ‘G’ - Shirtsleeves. Followed by two ‘G’s - Raincoats. Followed by Three ‘G’s - Greatcoats.
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STICKWORK KEY S/W = Stick Work U = Sticks Up D = Sticks Down
STICKING
Right Stick Right Stick Stick LeftLeft StickStick Left Stick
STICKWORK ROUTINES
Two Three Beat Rolls = 116
D U D U
Eight Bars On Beat Routine = 116 q = 116
S/W U
Sixteen Bars On Beat Routine = 116 q = 116
S/W
U
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Eight Bars Off Beat Routine (8 OBR) = 116 q = 116
S/W U
Sixteen Bars Off Beat Routine (16 OBR) = 116 q = 116
S/W
S/W U
Eight Bars Off Beat Roll Routine (8 OBRR) = 116 q = 116
S/W D S/W U
Sixteen Bars Off Beat Roll Routine (16 OBRR) = 116 q = 116
S/W D S/W
S/W D S/W U
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Eight Bars 6/8 Routine (8 6/8) = 116
S/W
U Sixteen Bars 6/8 Routine (16 6/8) = 116 q. = 116
S/W 1. 2.
U
Eight Bars 6/8 Roll Routine (8 6/8 RR) = 116 q. = 116
S/W D S/W U
Sixteen Bars 6/8 Roll Routine (16 6/8 RR) = 116 q. = 116
S/W 1. 2.
D S/W U
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Eight Bars Off Beat Routine (Slow 4/4) (8 OBR) = 60 q = 60
S/W
U
Sixteen Bars Off Beat Routine (Slow 4/4) (16 OBR) = 60 q = 60
S/W
U
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Assembly = 152
British Grenadiers = 116
1. 2.
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British Grenadiers (Advance in Review Order Royal Marines) = 116
q = 116 1. 2.
C in C’s (Rule Britannia) Salute = 92 h = 92
Drummers’31 Call = 132
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Garb ofh Auld= 108 Gaul = 108
= 66 Iolantheq. = 132
Nancy Lee (Advance in Review Order Royal Navy) = 116
S/W D
S/W D U
National Anthem = 108
Preobrajensky Salute = 92
q = 200 1. 2.
19 Ruffle q = 172 SALUTESq. = 132 AND BEATINGS
RAF Generalq. = 132 Salute = 80 3 3 3 3
3 3 3 3 60 1. 2.
60 1. 2. 3 3 3 3
Ruffle 3 3 3 3 = 152
Rule Britannia (Full) = 92 h = 92
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