Drums
Ruffles
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- Military General and Admiral also gets a relatively simple series of ruffles and flourishes (which are played on drums and bugles, respectively), one of each per star (4 for a full General/Admiral, 3 for a Lieutenant General/Vice Admiral, etc.).
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