Field step

The field step refers to the accompaniment of the snare drum during the non-sounding game in march music . These drum beats are used to keep the other musicians in step, e.g. B. at the beginning of a parade or between two pieces of music.

There are three different steps involved in military exercise:

1. the school step, Tempo 76 (76 steps per minute), French le pas ordinaire
2. the field step , Tempo 90 (90 steps per minute), French le pas de route and
3. the speed step, Tempo 120 (120 steps per minute), French le pas accéléré

The stride length is defined with two French feet, measured from one heel to the other 65 cm. The sequence of steps always begins with the left foot.

See also

• March, pace and pace

literature

• Provisional service regulations for the federal troops: provisional edition organized for teaching in the extraordinary military school in Thun from 1834. Mayer, Zurich 1834 ( full text in the Google book search).

Web links

• Field steps No. 1 to No. 6 (MP3)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Exercise Regulations of the Federal Infantry . Zurich 1834, fourth article, § 14 ( full text in the Google book search)