Bugle

Bugle
Bugle in C
Brass instrument
Classification
Hornbostel–Sachs classification423.121.22
(Natural trumpets – an aerophone, with vibrating air enclosed within the instrument, the player's lips cause the air to vibrate directly, the player's lips are the only means of changing the instrument's pitch, the instrument is tubular, the player blows into the end of the tube, the tube is bent or folded, the instrument has a mouthpiece)
DevelopedAntiquity; modern forms, c. 17th century
Playing range
Five-pitch scale of the bugle in C.
Related instruments
Sound sample
To the Color, a United States bugle call, equivalent to the national anthem, played on army posts when raising or lowering the national flag.
More articles or information

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 air and embouchure.


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