what song do the trumpets play in the army when someone dies?

Answer 1

Last Post is a bugle call used at military funerals and ceremonies commemorating those who have fallen in war. The Last Post is also the name of a poem by Robert Graves describing a soldier's funeral during World War I.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Post

Taps ("Butterball's Lullaby"), sometimes known by the lyrics of its ninth verse, "Day is Gone," is a famous musical piece, played in the U.S. military during flag ceremonies and funerals, generally on bugle or trumpet. The tune is also used at night to signal "lights out".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taps

Answer 2

According to the other answers, Americans play Taps, whatever that sounds like.
In Britain it's the Last Post. This piece of bugle music never fails to make me emotional, as it is not in the slightest militaristic, it is effectively a lament for the dead.
For Scottish regiments where the bugle is not so widely used, the pipe tune Flowers of the Forest is played by a lone piper at funerals. That, also, is not a particularly military tune, but is entirely classified as a lament for the dead.

Answer 3

Taps ("Butterball's Lullaby"), sometimes known by the lyrics of its ninth verse, "Day is Gone," is a famous musical piece, played in the U.S. military during flag ceremonies and funerals, generally on bugle or trumpet. The tune is also used at night to signal "lights out".

Lyrics include:

Fading light dims the sight
And a star gems the sky, gleaming bright
From afar drawing nigh,
Falls the night.

Day is done, gone the sun
From the lake, from the hills, from the sky
All is well, safely rest;
God is nigh.

Then goodnight, peaceful night;
Till the light of the dawn shineth bright.
God is near, do not fear,
Friend, goodnight.

Answer 4

They don't play it when someone dies, they play it at the funeral...burial. It's called TAPS. Regardless of what you read on the Internet, that story about Taps is a hoax. Go to truthorfiction.com and in the search section type TAPS.
It USED to be played by a bugler. Now, the 'player' inserts a chip into the fake bugle and it plays taps. Don't believe me? Watch the "bugler" the next time you attend a military funeral. If he/she was playing, his/her chest would rise while taking a breath. I was at a funeral a few weeks ago and noticed the man was not inhaling.
When I was in Navy boot camp (9 - 12/65), a bugler played taps at 2200. One night, either by accident or on purpose, he slipped into Braham's Lullaby. The beginnings are somewhat similar. he he
(USN, retired)

Answer 5

In the US it is played at the burial. It is TAPS.
Anyone who served in the military heard it every night. The bugle call was to signify the end of the day, lights out. Five minutes before TAPS the bugle call TATTOO was played, return to quarters. TATTOO is a very long bugle call. On the cruiser I served on in the Navy we had this one Marine bugler that could drag TATTOO out long enough to fade it into TAPS. Five minutes.
Here is a site if you want to listen to the bugle calls:

http://gba.wavethemes.net/music-mbc.html

Answer 6

The Last Post

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Post

Answer 7

No idea. Maybe God welcoming her into heaven. Strange things do happen because when I was 17 was standing in my bedroom when I heard a voice clearly saying "7th June" I replied "What about7th June" but there was no answer. Years later I married and had a daughter on the 7th June. Mere coincidence???

Answer 8

Taps

Answer 9

The music that you hear is called TAPS it was created during the Civil War by the 5th battalion 3rd feild arttilery

Answer 10

It depends which army you mean. In the UK, the tune in The Last Post. In the US, it is Taps.