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1. What type of flute is the fife?
2. What are the four keys that fifes are made in? (English system keys will come first with the German system keys in parentheses. There are really only two keys.)
3. How many each of fifes and drums were assigned to a regiment? (military, not fife and drum corps regiments)
4. Which instrument (fife or drum) was used primarily for duty calls and which one was used primarily for folk tunes/songs?
5. What would a French drum major carry for a director's (marching band) stick?
6. Is it a proven fact the English fife and drum corps played "The World Turned Upside Down" at their surrender at Yorktown?
7. Which fife and drum company do most American fife and drum corps buy their fifes and drums from?
8. Which of the following is true about fife and drum corps in general?
9. What time period is the song "Grandfather's Clock", known for its snare drum doublings in fife and drum corps, from?
10. In French fife and drum corps history, what rank did two layers of lace running along the jeust de corps symbolize?
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