HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY BANDS - MARCHING AND MOUNTED FORMATIONS

THE HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY -

MASSED & REGIMENTAL BAND

FORMATIONS

The Bands of the Household Cavalry can perform in
a number of different ways - as a Massed Band
(for which all Band personnel combine),
or as individual Regimental Bands.

Depending upon the circumstances,
they could appear in their gold State Kit,
or in the uniforms of their specific Regiments.

Trumpeters of the Band of The Life Guards -
who would normally wear red plumes on their helmets -
change these to white when playing within the Band,
so as to conform.

The various Bands are:

Household Cavalry Massed Band (Mounted)

Household Cavalry Massed Band (Dismounted)

Band of The Life Guards (Mounted)

Band of The Life Guards (Dismounted)

Band of The Blues And Royals (Mounted)

Band of The Blues And Royals (Dismounted)

The march-out (formation)
of each Regimental Mounted Band
differs from that of the Marching Band
in several respects:

1.	The Director of Music and Drum Horse ride in front of the Mounted Band. During Marching Band only, the Band Corporal Major marches in front as per Drum Major.
2.	Tubas and euphoniums are used for the front rank as they have contact with the horses' reins. The second rank is composed of trombones. This is reversed for Marching Band.
3.	During Mounted Band, tenor horns are used as opposed to French horns in Marching Band.

THE MASSED BAND OF THE HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY - MOUNTED

DIRECTOR OF MUSIC	DIRECTOR OF MUSIC
DRUM HORSE	DRUM HORSE

TUBA	EUPHONIUM	EUPHONIUM	TUBA	TUBA	EUPHONIUM	EUPHONIUM	TUBA
BASS TROMBONE	TROMBONE	TROMBONE	TENOR HORN	TENOR HORN	TROMBONE	TROMBONE	BASS TROMBONE
CORNET	CORNET	CORNET	CORNET	CORNET	CORNET	CORNET	CORNET
CORNET	TENOR HORN	TENOR HORN	CORNET	CORNET	TENOR HORN	TENOR HORN	CORNET
ALTO SAXOPHONE	ALTO SAXOPHONE	ALTO SAXOPHONE	PICCOLO	PICCOLO	ALTO SAXOPHONE	ALTO SAXOPHONE	ALTO SAXOPHONE
CLARINET	CLARINET	CLARINET	CLARINET	CLARINET	CLARINET	CLARINET	CLARINET

THE MASSED BAND OF THE HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY - MARCHING (DISMOUNTED)

BAND CORPORAL MAJOR

BASS TROMBONE	TROMBONE	TROMBONE	TROMBONE	TROMBONE	TROMBONE	TROMBONE	BASS TROMBONE
TUBA	EUPHONIUM	TUBA	TUBA	TUBA	TUBA	EUPHONIUM	TUBA
CORNET	DIRECTOR OF MUSIC	EUPHONIUM	CORNET	CORNET	EUPHONIUM	DIRECTOR OF MUSIC	CORNET
CORNET	CORNET	CORNET	CORNET	CORNET	CORNET	CORNET	CORNET
CYMBALS	BASS DRUM	PICCOLO	SIDE DRUM	SIDE DRUM	PICCOLO	BASS DRUM	CYMBALS
FRENCH HORN	FRENCH HORN	FRENCH HORN	FRENCH HORN	FRENCH HORN	FRENCH HORN	FRENCH HORN	FRENCH HORN
ALTO SAXOPHONE	CLARINET	CLARINET	TENOR SAXOPHONE	TENOR SAXOPHONE	CLARINET	CLARINET	ALTO SAXOPHONE
CLARINET	CLARINET	CLARINET	CLARINET	CLARINET	CLARINET	CLARINET	CLARINET

THE BAND OF THE LIFE GUARDS - MOUNTED

Mounted Band

The march-out diagrams below show the preferred formations -
Mounted or Marching (Dismounted) based upon what
the Band consider to be ideal manning, and musical balance.

From time to time, circumstances within the Band may lead to
changes from these formations.

DIRECTOR OF MUSIC

DRUM HORSE

TUBA	EUPHONIUM	EUPHONIUM	TUBA
BASS TROMBONE	TROMBONE	TROMBONE	TENOR HORN
CORNET	CORNET	CORNET	CORNET
CORNET	TENOR HORN	TENOR HORN	CORNET
ALTO SAXOPHONE	ALTO SAXOPHONE	TENOR SAXOPHONE	PICCOLO
CLARINET	CLARINET	CLARINET	CLARINET

THE BAND OF THE LIFE GUARDS - MARCHING (DISMOUNTED)

Marching Band

BAND CORPORAL MAJOR

BASS TROMBONE	TROMBONE	TROMBONE	TROMBONE
TUBA	EUPHONIUM	TUBA	TUBA
CORNET	EUPHONIUM	DIRECTOR OF MUSIC	CORNET
CORNET	CORNET	CORNET	CORNET
CYMBALS	BASS DRUM	PICCOLO	SIDE DRUM
FRENCH HORN	FRENCH HORN	FRENCH HORN	FRENCH HORN
ALTO SAXOPHONE	CLARINET	CLARINET	TENOR SAXOPHONE
CLARINET	CLARINET	CLARINET	CLARINET

When the Marching Band reaches its destination,
the Director of Music changes places with the Band Corporal Major,
until it is time for the return march.

THE BAND OF THE BLUES AND ROYALS - MOUNTED

The march-out diagrams below show the preferred formations -
Mounted or Marching (Dismounted) based upon what the Band consider to be
ideal manning, and musical balance.

From time to time, circumstances within the Band may lead to
changes from these formations.

DIRECTOR OF MUSIC

DRUM HORSE

TUBA	EUPHONIUM	EUPHONIUM	TUBA
BASS TROMBONE	TROMBONE	TROMBONE	TENOR HORN
CORNET	CORNET	CORNET	CORNET
CORNET	TENOR HORN	TENOR HORN	CORNET
ALTO SAXOPHONE	ALTO SAXOPHONE	TENOR SAXOPHONE	PICCOLO
CLARINET	CLARINET	CLARINET	CLARINET

THE BAND OF THE BLUES AND ROYALS - MARCHING (DISMOUNTED)

B&R Band

BAND CORPORAL MAJOR

BASS TROMBONE	TROMBONE	TROMBONE	TROMBONE
TUBA	EUPHONIUM	TUBA	TUBA
CORNET	EUPHONIUM	DIRECTOR OF MUSIC	CORNET
CORNET	CORNET	CORNET	CORNET
CYMBALS	BASS DRUM	PICCOLO	SIDE DRUM
FRENCH HORN	FRENCH HORN	FRENCH HORN	FRENCH HORN
ALTO SAXOPHONE	CLARINET	CLARINET	TENOR SAXOPHONE
CLARINET	CLARINET	CLARINET	CLARINET

When the Marching Band reaches its destination,
the Director of Music changes places with the Band Corporal Major,
until it is time for the return march.