fifes
Drums' marching partners
Fifes are small, high-pitched woodwind instruments similar to flutes, traditionally used in military and marching music alongside drums.
The fife and drum corps remains a fixture of parades and historical reenactments: The fifes shrilled above the drumbeat as the regiment marched past.
Brass, percussion, color guard
- marchingRhythmic group walking
- Revolutionary WarColonial uprising against Britain
- Civil WarCountrymen fighting countrymen
- infantryGround combat troops
regiment · parade · ceremony · tattoo · reveille · battlefield · Continental Army · redcoats
Small, high-pitched woodwind
- drumStruck percussion cylinder
- woodwindBlown orchestral instrument type
- reedVibrating sliver for woodwinds
- whistleShrill air-blown sounder
bugle · tin whistle · pennywhistle · recorder · flageolet · transverse · fingerholes · embouchure
Spirited folk dance
- reelWinding cylinder or dance
- marchRhythmic group walk
- quickstepFast-paced ballroom dance
- melodyPleasing sequence of notes
trill · traditional · Scottish · Irish · Appalachian · dance tune · fanfare · processional
drum corps
Brass, percussion, color guard
- marchingRhythmic group walking
- Revolutionary WarColonial uprising against Britain
- Civil WarCountrymen fighting countrymen
infantry · regiment · parade · ceremony · tattoo · reveille · battlefield · Continental Army · redcoats · militia
piccolo
Small, high-pitched woodwind
- drumStruck percussion cylinder
- woodwindBlown orchestral instrument type
- reedVibrating sliver for woodwinds
whistle · bugle · tin whistle · pennywhistle · recorder · flageolet · transverse · fingerholes · embouchure · shrill
jig
Spirited folk dance
melody · trill · traditional · Scottish · Irish · Appalachian · dance tune · fanfare · processional · hymn
- militariabayonets, medals, military patches, military insignia, dog tags
- antiquesantiques, antique furniture, antique, antique coins, Greek vases
- Revolutionary WarGeorge Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Paul Revere, Betsy Ross flag
- bandsmarching band, brass bands, concert band, marching bands, symphonic band
- soldiersinfantryman, private, grenadier, grenadiers, fusilier
- military musicdrum, drums, bugle, bugles, brass band
fifestubas
Large low-pitched brass
bass drums · contrabassoons · sousaphones · bass clarinets · euphoniums
fifestubas
Large low-pitched brass
French horns · flugelhorns · euphoniums · bass clarinets · mellophones
- fife and drumSmall flute and snare
- Barney Fife