History Channel Origin of Taps recorded in 2001 includes a history of Taps and a look at the Broken Note at John F Kennedy's funeral in 1963 www.TapsBugler.com
As a Member of the Patriot Guard Riders, I've heard Taps many a time. No two times are alike. The chill that runs down your spine....the hair standing up on the back of your neck as you render the final salute to a Hero...each time is unique. It's truly an honor to say that I've had this privilege, and while it may not be easy...I'm honored to do it. It's the least I can do for someone who's given their all... As Billy Ray Cyrus says, "All Gave Some...Some Gave All."
I was part of Barksdale AF Honor Guard in the mid 1980's for 18 months. I sounded Taps over 150 times. I sounded the with honor to the person who served our Nation. It was not always easy. We sometimes learned a bit about the person who served. There are lyrics to taps as well.
I learn the lyrics as a Girl Scout. We sang it at the end of the day when we were camping: "Day is done, gone the sun From the lakes, from the hills, from the sky All is well, safely rest God is nigh."
Same here, we sang taps at the end of every day in Girl Scout camp (Camp Favorite on Cape Cod, MA). I really liked that tradition and remember those camp days fondly.
Not that you care to know... If you look at the historical marker in the grass. It's a park dedicated to the honor guard in Austin Minnesota. I live in St.Louis Just to let you know your service was remembered Thank you... 899-841 8th St NE 899-841 8th St NE, Austin, MN 55912 maps.app.goo.gl/xqhE5veJjX5yqgyx6
my grandfather died last november and when the mormerial service started i cried a little until taps started and the 21 gun salute started i cried a lot more the i did before
(cont.) Of those 8 Missions that I've been on, I heard Taps on 7 of them, if not all 8. On every single Mission i was in uniform (i'm a 1st Lt in the Civil Air Patrol), and not once were my eyes dry. I shed tears not in sorrow for the loss of life....but rather in pride. I was proud of that Soldier for serving. I was proud to be there to honor him or her. Freedom is NOT Free. That Hero paid the price so that we could be free. So to all who serve, and have served....I thank you with all my heart.
My husband passed away and he was buried on November 11, 2011 and they used a CD because there was a parade..I for one was disappointed one would think a soldier passing over rides a parade...oh well.
Very sorry for your loss and that your husband did not have a real Bugler. While serving with the 101st ABN Division in the early 90's I was assigned to burial detail/honor guard that traveled for veterans funerals. It was a highly emotional experience for me. We always had a real Bugler. Over the last several years I've heard that sometimes CD's are used but usually they had some one standing there at least looking like they were playing Taps.
Your post inspired me to buy a bugle. I will learn TAPS. I am a veteran. My dad passed away and got his funeral. I don't ever want one of us to go without taps. I will volunteer at the VFW. I will do my best to make sure we go the right way. God bless you and your Husband.
Unfortunately ma'am the our military doesn't have enough buglers to be at all military burials, which I'm appalled by, because your hubby served our nation with honor and bravery and you're absolutely right he did deserve the actual bugle of taps, not the recorded version!
Thank you for sharing!! My son was getting ready to do a report about a song that exposed a war history. He has first chosen "one" by metallica, but he's misunderstoon the beginning of the song for some years now. I tried to get him to report on "war-what is it good for?", but then I searched for Taps, I hope he goes with it. He'll go with taps. He has respect. Thank you once again! God love the children, bless the mothers, protect the fathers!
They say that IF you don't cry at the sound of Taps, there's something wrong with you... I'm a proud member of the Patriot Guard Riders, and have been on 8 Missions with them in the past two years. 1 of them was Memorial Day Ceremonies at DFW National Cemetery in 06, 1 of them was Escorting the Dignity Memorial Moving Wall, 6 of them were funerals...1 of those funerals was my 3rd Cousin, Cpl. Scott McIntosh, US Army. KIA 10 March, 2008 along with 4 others by a suicide bomber...(TBC)
thank you for making my point for me. a shorter horn makes a higher sound and the valves on a trumpet manipulate that sound wile the bugle can only play the basic Bb notes.
I used to be the Regimental Bugler to the London Irish Rifle and the London Regiments and play Last Post. I also played Taps when we toured France and Belgium. Thanks for posting
TAPS WILL BE PLAYED TOMORROW, MAY 24, 2015, AT A CHURCH SERVICE IN WILDWOOD, FLA. REMEMBERING THOSE WHO SERVED AND DIED. MENS CHORUS WILL GIVE HONOR IN SONG TO THE ARMY, NAVY, AIR FORCE AND MARINES; FINISHING WITH SONG "GOD BLESS AMERICA"
@tapsbugler thank you, I had no idea that it was a myth, it was such a touching story, I guess thats why I, like alot of others fell into it so easily. The history of the song is interesting, and thanks for setting things straight. My daughter has an amazing history teacher in school who would enjoy this video, he is an avid historian, whose classroom is like a small museum and he does amazing work as a teacher whose passion is history. I am going to pass this info along to him.
Both of you are correct, but llewellyndavies you must also realize both instruments are manipulated by the tongue and embouchure. A Bb trumpet is infact technically a Bb bugle with the addition the valves to be able to play not only in Bb, but also able to play in all twelve harmonic series.
To this day, Army posts use taps as the end of the day calling. For respect, we stand at attention towards the sounding, regardless of whether or not you're in uniform.
Il Silenzio (Silence in English) is an Italian pop music instrumental piece, with a small part of spoken Italian lyrics, notable for its trumpet theme. It was written in 1965 by trumpet player Nini Rosso and Guglielmo Brezza,
hmmm... heres where i learned taps came from. Some union dude was in his tent and he heard a wounded confederate outside. he went to see what was up and found it was his son, who had joined the confederate side without his knowledge. how that mixes in with the song, i dont know. but thats what i learned in social studies (im in 5th grade). not saying im right
I am currently reading the book, Killer Angels for history class, it is about the Civil War, the tells you the origin of "Taps." While writing the review for it, I watched this video to hear more about it. I didn't know the origin of "Taps" and I think the story behind it is interesting.
I read a totally different history of this heartwrenching melody than this, which stated that Union Army Captain Robert Elli found his son dead, a Confederate soldier and he had the notes written on a piece of paper on him and he requested a military burial for his son and requested it played at the funeral which was granted and the song was played, and became the funeral song for military men from then on. I am not disputing this history, so please dont feel I am, just stating what I read.
And I am still broken up about Kennedy's assassination to this day. I was a little kid and it was just unbelievable how that affected the United States. There was a pall over everything for weeks after that. This video just reminded me of that.
I am sorry,but i am a vet and when someone disrepects our fallen heros I get Very UPSET! I have been to many funerals with duel bugles and it is very haunting to me.
general Butterfield is my ancestor even though y8u may not believe it. my grandmas last name is Butterfield and i think her maybe grandpa or grwat grandpa was general Butterfield.
It's military it was created by a military man for the military in the military's been using it officially since 1890 civilian underline the word civilian just copy it you ever read the lyrics to taps you will not see one word about any First Responders are civilian police officers it's not about them anymore than Memorial Day armed forces day or veterans day!!!😀😀🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
We now learn the historical significance TAPS. BUT WHO CARES? Today its usually a person faking taps because the US Military now prefers to use a phoney bugle device that is nothing more than a recorded CD designed for someone to masquerade real taps. Instead of getting a music student from a local high school band, or real musician, this new fraudulent misrepresentation of taps is used instead. Do not be fooled! Do not let it happen to you or your loved one. Insist on a real trained musician or band student to perform real live taps which preserves the honor it deserves.
I was trained at the US Navy School of Music and assigned to the Old First Army New York Band NYC as a trumpet player. Our Band played all the parades down 5TH Ave in NYC. We also honored many Vets with playing TAPS who lost their lives in that God awful war in Viet Nam and other wars. To discredit them with phony taps, which often are flawed, is an insult. Please try to see it from our perspective. It was our Military occupation and we took it most seriously from the heart. There are some things that must be real! This is one of them and real TAPS is a age old Military tradition that should not be discredited as depicted in this most significant Historical video. Love and peace to all.
Member when history channel was about history like this...
As a Member of the Patriot Guard Riders, I've heard Taps many a time. No two times are alike. The chill that runs down your spine....the hair standing up on the back of your neck as you render the final salute to a Hero...each time is unique. It's truly an honor to say that I've had this privilege, and while it may not be easy...I'm honored to do it. It's the least I can do for someone who's given their all...
As Billy Ray Cyrus says, "All Gave Some...Some Gave All."
I was part of Barksdale AF Honor Guard in the mid 1980's for 18 months. I sounded Taps over 150 times. I sounded the with honor to the person who served our Nation. It was not always easy. We sometimes learned a bit about the person who served. There are lyrics to taps as well.
I learn the lyrics as a Girl Scout. We sang it at the end of the day when we were camping:
"Day is done, gone the sun
From the lakes, from the hills, from the sky
All is well, safely rest
God is nigh."
Same here, we sang taps at the end of every day in Girl Scout camp (Camp Favorite on Cape Cod, MA). I really liked that tradition and remember those camp days fondly.
Not that you care to know... If you look at the historical marker in the grass.
It's a park dedicated to the honor guard in Austin Minnesota.
I live in St.Louis
Just to let you know your service was remembered
Thank you...
899-841 8th St NE
899-841 8th St NE, Austin, MN 55912
maps.app.goo.gl/xqhE5veJjX5yqgyx6
my grandfather died last november and when the mormerial service started i cried a little until taps started and the 21 gun salute started i cried a lot more the i did before
(cont.)
Of those 8 Missions that I've been on, I heard Taps on 7 of them, if not all 8. On every single Mission i was in uniform (i'm a 1st Lt in the Civil Air Patrol), and not once were my eyes dry. I shed tears not in sorrow for the loss of life....but rather in pride. I was proud of that Soldier for serving. I was proud to be there to honor him or her. Freedom is NOT Free. That Hero paid the price so that we could be free. So to all who serve, and have served....I thank you with all my heart.
My husband passed away and he was buried on November 11, 2011 and they used a CD because there was a parade..I for one was disappointed one would think a soldier passing over rides a parade...oh well.
Rose Gaito They didn't seem to have anyone available for my dads burial either....so disappointed
Very sorry for your loss and that your husband did not have a real Bugler. While serving with the 101st ABN Division in the early 90's I was assigned to burial detail/honor guard that traveled for veterans funerals. It was a highly emotional experience for me. We always had a real Bugler. Over the last several years I've heard that sometimes CD's are used but usually they had some one standing there at least looking like they were playing Taps.
Your post inspired me to buy a bugle. I will learn TAPS. I am a veteran. My dad passed away and got his funeral. I don't ever want one of us to go without taps. I will volunteer at the VFW. I will do my best to make sure we go the right way. God bless you and your Husband.
Unfortunately ma'am the our military doesn't have enough buglers to be at all military burials, which I'm appalled by, because your hubby served our nation with honor and bravery and you're absolutely right he did deserve the actual bugle of taps, not the recorded version!
This was such an interesting and informative video into the origins of taps. I learned some valuable things from this.
I can maintain a straight face though a funeral, until they play Taps. At that point, it's game over. I'm done.
My father was retired U.S.C.G and at his funeral we had taps. Now I understand the history better. Thant You
Im stationed in great lakes. Its humbling to hear taps everynight
Thank you for sharing!! My son was getting ready to do a report about a song that exposed a war history. He has first chosen "one" by metallica, but he's misunderstoon the beginning of the song for some years now. I tried to get him to report on "war-what is it good for?", but then I searched for Taps, I hope he goes with it. He'll go with taps. He has respect.
Thank you once again! God love the children, bless the mothers, protect the fathers!
They say that IF you don't cry at the sound of Taps, there's something wrong with you...
I'm a proud member of the Patriot Guard Riders, and have been on 8 Missions with them in the past two years. 1 of them was Memorial Day Ceremonies at DFW National Cemetery in 06, 1 of them was Escorting the Dignity Memorial Moving Wall, 6 of them were funerals...1 of those funerals was my 3rd Cousin, Cpl. Scott McIntosh, US Army. KIA 10 March, 2008 along with 4 others by a suicide bomber...(TBC)
Great song. I cry every time I hear it.
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christ when I heard Taps at my great uncles funeral it had me bawling. Rip Uncle Pablo
thank you for making my point for me. a shorter horn makes a higher sound and the valves on a trumpet manipulate that sound wile the bugle can only play the basic Bb notes.
I used to be the Regimental Bugler to the London Irish Rifle and the London Regiments and play Last Post.
I also played Taps when we toured France and Belgium.
Thanks for posting
That was 100% AWESOME!!!
TAPS WILL BE PLAYED TOMORROW, MAY 24, 2015, AT A CHURCH SERVICE IN WILDWOOD, FLA. REMEMBERING THOSE WHO SERVED AND DIED. MENS CHORUS WILL GIVE HONOR IN SONG TO THE ARMY, NAVY, AIR FORCE AND MARINES; FINISHING WITH SONG "GOD BLESS AMERICA"
IT WAS REALLY TOUCHING THIS IS MY FIRST TIME WATCHING IT I GET VERY EMOTIONAL WHEN I HEAR THE TAPS.
@tapsbugler thank you, I had no idea that it was a myth, it was such a touching story, I guess thats why I, like alot of others fell into it so easily. The history of the song is interesting, and thanks for setting things straight. My daughter has an amazing history teacher in school who would enjoy this video, he is an avid historian, whose classroom is like a small museum and he does amazing work as a teacher whose passion is history. I am going to pass this info along to him.
Thanks for the interesting clip.
Both of you are correct, but llewellyndavies you must also realize both instruments are manipulated by the tongue and embouchure. A Bb trumpet is infact technically a Bb bugle with the addition the valves to be able to play not only in Bb, but also able to play in all twelve harmonic series.
To this day, Army posts use taps as the end of the day calling. For respect, we stand at attention towards the sounding, regardless of whether or not you're in uniform.
grimofhell Air Force as well. Song always messes me up man
Also the Navy at 2200 as a call for "go to your bunks and sleep now"
Il Silenzio (Silence in English) is an Italian pop music instrumental piece, with a small part of spoken Italian lyrics, notable for its trumpet theme. It was written in 1965 by trumpet player Nini Rosso and Guglielmo Brezza,
hmmm... heres where i learned taps came from.
Some union dude was in his tent and he heard a wounded confederate outside. he went to see what was up and found it was his son, who had joined the confederate side without his knowledge. how that mixes in with the song, i dont know. but thats what i learned in social studies (im in 5th grade). not saying im right
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I am currently reading the book, Killer Angels for history class, it is about the Civil War, the tells you the origin of "Taps." While writing the review for it, I watched this video to hear more about it. I didn't know the origin of "Taps" and I think the story behind it is interesting.
it originates all the way back to the 1700s taps came from the last post (UK)
I read a totally different history of this heartwrenching melody than this, which stated that Union Army Captain Robert Elli found his son dead, a Confederate soldier and he had the notes written on a piece of paper on him and he requested a military burial for his son and requested it played at the funeral which was granted and the song was played, and became the funeral song for military men from then on. I am not disputing this history, so please dont feel I am, just stating what I read.
And I am still broken up about Kennedy's assassination to this day. I was a little kid and it was just unbelievable how that affected the United States. There was a pall over everything for weeks after that.
This video just reminded me of that.
May the lord God have mercy and look kindly on us all, and raise up his soldiers for his glory. oooraah!
@Nevermore1953
go to the Tapsbugler website and do a search for "Taps Bugle Calls in Other Countries"
@i5overeign at the time it was found in the pocket, it did not have a title, if im not mistaken
@Chiarakai
Thanks, for the info and feedback That is indeed a false story. Got to the tapsbugler website and click on Taps Myth
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Cool keyed bugle...wonder what it's origins are.
Even the bugler mourns for jfk.
Don't change what's not broken, right? 😢
@rstoud Don't understand..what is a lie?
I am sorry,but i am a vet and when someone disrepects our fallen heros I get Very UPSET!
I have been to many funerals with duel bugles
and it is very haunting to me.
general Butterfield is my ancestor even though y8u may not believe it. my grandmas last name is Butterfield and i think her maybe grandpa or grwat grandpa was general Butterfield.
Daniel Adams Butterfield had no children.
So then my mom is lying?
I'm just saying Daniel Adams Butterfield had no children (You can look it up)
@LTKELLOGG2 excuse me .. just what are you accusing me of lying about? you need to take a chill pill and go play outside or something.
Hey guys, I love this tune/melody! I am looking for more melodys like that. Can someone help me? thanks and greets from Greece!
a longer trumpet wont make a higher sound i play the trumpet and i know for a fact that a shorter trumpet produces a higher sound not a longer one
Not just military. First responders too.
It's military it was created by a military man for the military in the military's been using it officially since 1890 civilian underline the word civilian just copy it you ever read the lyrics to taps you will not see one word about any First Responders are civilian police officers it's not about them anymore than Memorial Day armed forces day or veterans day!!!😀😀🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
No....not for fireman, not for cops, not for first responders........, military veterans ONLY!!!!!!!!
That same bs story was posted on my dormitory wall in basic
We now learn the historical significance TAPS. BUT WHO CARES? Today its usually a person faking taps because the US Military now prefers to use a phoney bugle device that is nothing more than a recorded CD designed for someone to masquerade real taps. Instead of getting a music student from a local high school band, or real musician, this new fraudulent misrepresentation of taps is used instead. Do not be fooled! Do not let it happen to you or your loved one. Insist on a real trained musician or band student to perform real live taps which preserves the honor it deserves.
I was trained at the US Navy School of Music and assigned to the Old First Army New York Band NYC as a trumpet player. Our Band played all the parades down 5TH Ave in NYC. We also honored many Vets with playing TAPS who lost their lives in that God awful war in Viet Nam and other wars. To discredit them with phony taps, which often are flawed, is an insult. Please try to see it from our perspective. It was our Military occupation and we took it most seriously from the heart. There are some things that must be real! This is one of them and real TAPS is a age old Military tradition that should not be discredited as depicted in this most significant Historical video. Love and peace to all.