Boston Fife and Drum Services: The Fife

Don Heminitz introduces the fife, a small instrument that played a large role in history. Learn how the instrument is played and hear a variety of calls that soldiers would have heard in the Revolutionary and Civil Wars.

[@ronblack2404]

Thank you for posting this, Fife lessons on UA-cam are rare. I wish someone would teach the fingering “in slow detail” Yankee Doodle and another colonial song for fife and drum marching

[@mikedavidson1970]

I agree but for civil war😁

[@knoxphillippe1000]

Or even just the scales.

[@terryf5131]

Good demo.🤠

[@wanimajugaming9777]

Dang, the "to the girl I left behind me" and the "yanke doodle" sounded really good

[@mikedavidson1970]

Thank you exactly what I was looking for 🙂

[@heatherobrien3869]

Quick question. I have found a wooden fife with metal on each end.
It also has both ends open. Is this how it was made or is it missing a piece?

[@dheminitz]

Both ends of the fife should be open per se, but there should be a cork stopper in the end closest to the embouchure hole.

[@marinevet7273]

Thank you, the 3rd post war flute you demonstrated , who makes that shorter flute today?

[@dheminitz]

That 3rd, shorter fife was made by the Cloos company, which unfortunately closed in the 1950s. There are repro/modern fifes that play just like it through MusiqueMorneaux and Ron Peeler.

[@marinevet7273]

Have you tried Peeler, Cooperman, be a fifer Bb fifes, your experience

[@perkele7192]

Can someone send me a link for this military fife?

[@juniorplay8742]

Tenho um pifano Yamaha YRF 21 e dois tipos de pífanos de PVC