Bugling Merit Badge Requirements

Requirements

1. # Copy link to requirement 1
   Give a brief history of the bugle.
   Resources:

   • Bugles in American History (video)
   • The Bugler's Cry - A History of Taps (video)
2. # Copy link to requirement 2
   Do the following:
   1. # Copy link to requirement 2.a
      Explain and demonstrate how the bugle makes sound, and explain how the bugle is related to other brass wind instruments.
      Resources:

      • The Physics of Music: Playing Fire, Ice and Jelly Trumpets (video)
   2. # Copy link to requirement 2.b
      Compose a bugle call for your troop or patrol to signal a common group activity, such as assembling for mealtime or striking a campsite. Play the call that you have composed before your unit or patrol.
3. # Copy link to requirement 3
   Sound 10 of the following bugle calls: “First Call,” “Reveille,” “Assembly,” “Mess,” “Drill,” “Fatigue,” “Officers,” “Recall,” “Church,” “Swimming,” “Fire,” “Retreat,” “To the Colors,” “Call to Quarters,” and “Taps.”
   Resources:

   • First Call (video)
   • Reveille (Awake for Morning Call) (video)
   • Assembly (video)
   • Mess (video)
   • Drill (video)
   • Fatigue (video)
   • Officers (video)
   • Recall (video)
   • Church (video)
   • Swimming (video)
   • Fire (video)
   • Retreat (video)
   • To The Color (video)
   • Call to Quarters (video)
   • Taps (video)
4. # Copy link to requirement 4
   Explain when each of the calls in requirement 3 is used.
   Resources:

   • US Army Bugle Calls Daily Sequence: An Honorable Tradition (video)
5. # Copy link to requirement 5
   Explain how to care for, clean, and maintain a bugle.
   Resources:

   • How to Clean a Bugle...and Dealing With Spit (video)
6. # Copy link to requirement 6
   Serve as bugler in your troop for three months.