Speaking of Taps - I once again heard the "double" or "repeat" version of taps played today at ground zero. You know, where one horn plays a line and a second horn plays the same line just after.

That 'version' of Taps is known as Silver Taps, and when done properly is a very moving and haunting experience. The last time I heard it was at a young soldiers' funeral. It was a military funeral and he was a friend of our family. His mother had asked me to see if I could find someone who could arrange Silver Taps. I was able to locate, through the JROTC Instructor at school, a pair of buglers who could pull it off. Silver Taps was played with one bugle near the gravesite and the other some distance removed so the effect was that of an echo. The second bugler would start on the line before the first was finished and the harmony of the two horns was excellent!