The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #18957   Message #191190
Posted By: richardw
07-Mar-00 - 12:19 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Etymology of Taps?
Subject: RE: Etimology of Taps?
A more direct route is:

http://www.west-point.org/taps/Taps.html

This says taps is 24 notes. This fits the words day is done.

Last Post is much longer. Once upon a time I could play it--no longer with echoes of other calls such as revellie hinted at in the tune.

Maybe there is a midi out there somewhere.

Richard