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Adjutant's Call is a bugle call indicating that the adjutant is about to form the guard, battalion, or regiment.[1]

"Assembly" and "Adjutant's Call" are the two bugle calls that make up the "formation" category of bugle call.[2]

<score lang="lilypond" raw="1"> \header {

 title   = "Adjutant's Call"
 tagline = ##f

} \paper {

 #(layout-set-staff-size 18)

} \score {

 <<
   \relative c {
   \tempo   4=116
   \key     c \major
   \time    2/4
   \set     Staff.midiInstrument = #"french horn"
   \repeat volta 2 {
     g8-. e16 c16 g'4
     g8-. e16 c16 g'4
     g8-. e16 c16 g8-. g'8-.
   }
   \alternative {
     {
       e8-. g16 e16 c4
     }
     {
       e8-. g16 e16 c4
       \bar "|."
     }
   }
 }
 \drums {
   \repeat volta 2 {
     << { sn8 sn16 sn16 sn4:32~     } \\ { bd8 r8 r4 } >>
     << { sn8 sn16 sn16 sn4:32~     } \\ { bd8 r8 r4 } >>
     << { sn8 sn16 sn16 sn8     sn8 } \\ { bd8 r8 r4 } >>
   }
   \alternative {
     {
       << { sn8 sn16 sn16 sn4:32 \laissezVibrer } \\ { bd8 r8 r4 } >>
     }
     {
       << { sn8 sn16 sn16 sn4:32  } \\ { bd8 r8 r4 } >>
       \bar "|."
     }
   }
 }
 >>
 \layout { }
 \midi   { }

} </score> The top staff is for the bugler, while the lower staff is for the drums and the cymbals.

References[]

  1. "U.S Army Bands Music". http://bands.army.mil/music/bugle/adjutantscall.asp. Retrieved 2012-06-09. 
  2. Robert S. Rush, NCO Guide (Stackpole Books: 9th ed.: 2010).
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