Editing American march music (section)

=====The stinger=====

The last measure of the march sometimes contains a ''stinger'', a I chord played in unison on the downbeat after a quarter rest. Most, but not all, marches carry a stinger. "[[Semper Fidelis]]" is a famous march that does not have an ending stinger when not recapitulated back to the beginning of the march (see below). Most marches end at forte volume (loud); one that does not is Sousa's "Manhattan Beach", which ends fading away.

In some military marches, such as [[U.S. Field Artillery|"U.S. Field Artillery March" (the "Caissons Song")]] by John Philip Sousa, there is only one "playing" (or run) of the breakstrain, resulting in only two playings of the trio. Apart from "On the Mall", "the Chimes of Liberty", and a couple of others, Goldman's marches in the military form had only two playings (two runs) of the trio.

Examples of military marches include "The Stars and Stripes Forever" by John Philip Sousa, "Barnum and Bailey's Favorite" by Karl L. King, and "On the Mall" by Edwin F. Goldman