keyed bugle

bugle in British English (ˈbjuːɡəl ) noun. 1. music. a brass instrument similar to the cornet but usually without valves: used for military fanfares, signal calls, etc.

Joseph Halliday …1810 Joseph Halliday patented the key bugle, or Royal Kent bugle, with six brass keys (five closed, one open-standing) fitted to the once-coiled bugle to give it a complete diatonic (seven-note) scale. It became a leading solo instrument in military bands until replaced by the cornet.

Key of the bugle - The key is the natural notes played by the bugle in terms on the piano scale. The traditional boy scout bugle is in G/F (the key changes by pulling out the slide). A trumpet is usually in B-flat. Thus the G bugle plays 1 1/2 steps (a note and 1/2) lower then a trumpet.

Since the instrument has no valves or keys in the manner of a trumpet, only the notes within a particular overtone series can be utilized by the performer's use of embrochure on the mouthpiece.

Bugle was originally an Old French word meaning "musical horn," but also "wild ox" or "buffalo." The "horn" meaning came from the curled shape of an animal's horn. Definitions of bugle. a brass instrument without valves; used for military calls and fanfares. type of: brass, brass instrument.

The basic difference between bugles and trumpets is found in the shape of the bell. The musical definition of a trumpet (natural trumpet) is that of a horn which has two thirds of its length in the form of a cylindrical tube – usually it is five sixths of the total length. A bugle has a conical shape through-out.

The bugle may not date as far back as its sister, the trumpet, but from its common origins the bugle was to rise as the primary communication instrument in the infantry. The bugle evolved from German hunting horns or buglehorns.

The bugle is used mainly in the military, where the bugle call is used to indicate the daily routines of camp. Historically the bugle was used in the cavalry to relay instructions from officers to soldiers during battle. They were used to assemble the leaders and to give marching orders to the camps.

The five notes on a Bugle are obtained by tightening or loosening the lips, according to the tone desired. On lower notes the lips are relaxed a trifle, and on high tones they are tightened.

Bugles come in a variety of pitches today, and are often used in groups: Soprano (high pitch) Alto (medium pitch) Baritone (tenor pitch)

Bugles are so-named because of their "horn" or bugle shape.

Bugles (like trumpets without valves) were typically in G early on, and many of the pieces that are traditional military tunes are based on a G bugle. You can approximate a G bugle easily on a B flat trumpet by holding down the first and second valves constantly, which pitches it in G.