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 5 Officers’ Dinner Call 11 6 Officers’ Dress for Dinner 11 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 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 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

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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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