martial music

Drums and bugles

Martial music is music with a military character—marching rhythms, brass and percussion, stirring melodies meant to inspire courage or patriotic feeling.

It accompanies troops on parade and ceremonies at war memorials.

The martial music swelled as the veterans processed past the reviewing stand.

Opposites
emotional/functional intent

martial musiclullaby

Soothing song for babies

lullabies · cradle song · meditation music · relaxation music · ambient music

social context

martial musicprotest song

Music opposing injustice

love song · funeral dirge · requiem · hymn · chamber music

social function

martial musiclullaby

Soothing song for babies

cradle song · funeral dirge · requiem · meditation music · yoga music

Family

music, musical, musician, Mars, martial, martial arts

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G