Charles Colin, the editor of this volume that was compiled by Mel Broiles, outlines the reasoning behind its inception in the opening preface which reads:

Where have all the bugle player’s gone?

A few years ago a major national newspaper included an article stating that due to a lack of the once popular bugler, recorded bugle calls were being used instead, at both military and private ceremonies!

The purpose of this handbook is to harken the timeless (and easy to master) calls like “tap...