Military band
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A military band is a group of personnel that performs musical duties for military functions, usually for the armed forces. A typical military band consists mostly of wind and percussion instruments. T
A massed group of military bands from several countries at the 2011 Berlin Military Tattoo
Depiction of the Ottoman military band in 1720. The notion of a military band originates from the Ottomans.
A Tajik military band with Karnays at a military tattoo at Zhurihe Training Base in China, 2014.
Cameroonian and American military band members in Douala, March 2015
Ottoman military band
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Ottoman military bands were the first-recorded military marching bands. Though often known as the mehter, this term refers only to a single musician in the band. In the Ottoman Empire, the band was ge
Military band
…military band consists mostly of wind and percussion instruments. The conductor of a band commonly bears the title of bandmaster or music director. Ottoman military bands are thought to be the oldest variety of military marching bands in the world, dating from the 13th century. The military band is capable of playing…
Mehterhâne, photo from 1917
Modern mehter troop
Ottoman mehterân