What is FIFE and drum choir?

FIFE and Drum Corps is a music military unit consisting of FIFE, flute type and in most cases. This unit is commonly used to signal formations, progress and attacks on the battlefield, as well as to provide music to soldiers as marching. In early military units it was common to have a unit consisting of two five and two drummers for each society at least 100 soldiers. They gave fun for units by joining the ranks and led the march while playing motivational music and favorite hometown to build marching units. It is commonly made of hardwood, but some are made of metal. The type of drum used in the classic FIFE and the drum choir is called the rope of the Snare drum voltage. There may also be limited use of a bass drum in modern units; However, this drum is common only in programs where drummers remain stationary. The unit normally plays only music, which is written especially for this type of music group.

Soon American competitions and performances of American FIFE and drum choir focused on the revolutionary war period of dressing. Tricorn hats, waist coats and panties were the period -controlled style of the uniform that players worn by imitating the uniforms wearing soldiers of that time. One of the oldest symbols in America depicting FIFE and Drum is a trio of injured men, one with FIFE, one with a drum and the other with a flag, marching when they played. The same trio was also shown to march in the American Civil War.

Modern competitions FIFE and Drum in the US usually include revolutionary war and uniforms of civil war, with more often used clothing type civil war. Some re -enactment of the civil war include a unit in engagement and add a sense of reality to battle scenes. Some claims have Drum and FIFE players in the Battle of Stones in Tennessee, who hold the original Bands® battle. Camp on the opposite sides of the river, band fromE North and the band from the south played increasingly louder during the night before the battle in an effort to motivate soldiers.