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.

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.

Bugle calls require only the second to sixth notes of the natural harmonic series (notes produced by whole and partial vibration of the enclosed air column), written c′–g′–c″–e″–g″ (c′ = middle C) but sounding a tone lower. The calls are grouped as regimental calls, field calls, and routine calls.

bugle in American English 1. a brass instrument like a trumpet but smaller, and usually without keys or valves: used chiefly for military calls and signals. verb intransitive, verb transitiveWord forms: ˈbugled or ˈbugling. 2. to call or signal by or as by blowing a bugle.

"Reveille" (US: /ˈrɛvəli/ REV-əl-ee, UK: /rɪˈvæli/ ri-VAL-ee), called in French "Le Réveil" is a bugle call, trumpet call, drum, fife-and-drum or pipes call most often associated with the military; it is chiefly used to wake military personnel at sunrise.

In military tradition, the Last Post is the bugle call that signifies the end of the day's activities. It is also sounded at military funerals to indicate that the soldier has gone to his final rest, and at commemorative services such as Anzac Day and Remembrance Day.

The bugle is a simple signaling brass instrument with a wide conical bore. It normally has no valves or other pitch-altering devices, and is thus limited to its natural harmonic notes, and pitch is controlled entirely by varying the embouchure.

What is the origin of bugle? In early English, the word bugle meant “wild ox.” The horns of oxen were made into signaling devices for soldiers and hunters, first called bugle horns. Later this was shortened to bugle.

brass instruments The bugle is one of the simplest brass instruments, normally having no valves or other pitch-altering devices. All pitch control is done by varying the player's embouchure.

Armies have been using bugles for centuries, even the ancient Romans used an instrument called a “buccina”. The first known example of a brass bugle used as a military device was a half-moon shaped instrument used in Hanover in 1758. It spread to England in 1764 and was commonly used in foot regiments.

Reveille United States. In the U.S. military, Reveille is generally played at 6:30 a.m. as the morning bugle call. It was originally conducted in 1811 as "Troop", and was designed to muster the unit or for roll call, but later came to mark when the flag was raised in the morning and honors paid to it.

A drum and bugle corps is a musical marching unit consisting of brass instruments, percussion instruments and color guard. Drum corps are specialized marching bands.