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Italian Bersaglieri Bands (Italian: Fanfara dei Bersaglieri) are military bands that belong to the Bersaglieri corps of the Italian Army. These brass bands are notable for their marching style, playing their instruments while on a jogging pace ahead of their attached units on parade. In the 1800s, every unit in the Bersaglieri had a band known as a fanfara (fanfare). This is no longer the case today, with only four Bersaglieri regiments retaining a fanfara. A fanfare of the Bersaglieri plays exclusively brass.
These bands are the only ones of their kind in the world. A feature is the common performance of quick and high tempo marches such as La Marcia dei Bersaglieri, the official military march of the Bersaglieri.
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