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The Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps.
A Fife and Drum Corps is a musical ensemble consisting of fifes and drums.
In the United States of America, fife and drum corps specializing in colonial period impressions using fifes, rope tension snare drums, and （sometimes） rope tension bass drums are known as Ancient Fife and Drum Corps.
Many of these ensembles originated from a type of military field music.
Fifes are an ancient wind instrument that have evolved over the centuries.
The original form was small and bore six finger-holes, but later versions may have various sizes and numbers of holes.
While ancient fifes were one-piece and therefor not easily tuned, modern fifes are two pieces connected by a joint made from either metal or cork.
Modern 10-hole and 11-hole fifes are chromatic, thus able to play any note as opposed to the more limited ancient fifes, which could only be played in a few keys.
The fife originated in Europe and has spread widely beyond.
It is a similar instrument to the German Schweizerpfeife, which translates to "Swiss fife", the Irish flute, baroque flute and the piccolo.
and Fifes have been in use by military organizations since the 16th century.
Fifes originally accompanied companies of soldiers, providing music while on the march and in camp.
Drums have had a role in militaries going back farther in history.
The rise of the modern army began in the late 16th century and evolved throughout the 18th century.
Drilling to precise and increasingly complicated geometric movements, armies adapted and trained fifers and drummers to signal preparatory alerts and execution signals as well as times of day for the troops.
It became customary for each company of 100 or so men to be assigned 2 fifers and 2 drummers to sound signals, hours and alarms, as well as play popular music on the march.
This pattern was also practiced in the...