Taps guitar tab
The bugle call on three notes, G, C and E, with long held notes to count through.
- Level
- Beginner melody
- Key
- C major
- Time
- 4/4
- Tempo
- ♩ = 60
- Tuning
- Standard, EADGBE
Taps
Daniel Butterfield · arranged by guitarnotation
How to play it
- Every note is the open third string, the first fret of the second string, or the open first string, until the high G in bar 5 at the third fret of the first string.
- The rhythm is two quick eighth notes and a long note: in bar 1, G G then C held for three beats. Count the held notes out loud.
- Bar 3 is the only busy bar: G C E twice. Bar 6 turns the figure around, E C G, down to the open third string.
About the song
Written by Union general Daniel Butterfield in 1862 as a lights-out call. Like every bugle call it uses only the notes of one chord, here C, E and G.
The melody is in the public domain. This arrangement is ours, and you're welcome to download, print and play it for your own practice.
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