bugle

Also known as field trumpet

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.

Key facts

Instrument.name: Bugle
Instrument.image: Bugle in C MET DP-12679-123.jpg
Instrument.image_capt: Bugle in C
Instrument.background: brass
Instrument.hornbostel_sachs: 423.121.22
Instrument.hornbostel_sachs_desc: 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
Instrument.developed: Antiquity; modern forms, c. 17th century
Instrument.range: thumb|center|Five-pitch scale of the bugle in C.
Instrument.sound sample: thumb|To the Color, a United States bugle call, equivalent to the national anthem, played on army posts when raising or lowering the national flag.