I know it plays taps... (Bugle, Trumpet, Hang)

TheBig3 · 09-25-2005, 11:58 PM

but thats about it. What the **** is a bugle?

DontRunMeOver · 09-27-2005, 10:53 AM

A bugle is a kind of brass instrument. A lot like a trumpet but without valves/fingerstops. Its played (I think) by pursing the lips, blowing a kind of rasberry into the mouthpiece to make the sound and changing the shape of the cheeks to somehow alter the pitch of the note - not entirely sure how this works!

If you watch movies which are set in Medieval time I think it, or something very similar, can be seen in these. They used an extended version of the bugle, which I don't know the name of.

I think its also the instrument that is played at army funeral services - the Last Post I think?

09-25-2005, 11:58 PM	#1 (permalink)
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09-27-2005, 10:53 AM	#2 (permalink)
DontRunMeOver They call me Tundra Boy Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: In your linen cupboard. Posts: 1,166	A bugle is a kind of brass instrument. A lot like a trumpet but without valves/fingerstops. Its played (I think) by pursing the lips, blowing a kind of rasberry into the mouthpiece to make the sound and changing the shape of the cheeks to somehow alter the pitch of the note - not entirely sure how this works! If you watch movies which are set in Medieval time I think it, or something very similar, can be seen in these. They used an extended version of the bugle, which I don't know the name of. I think its also the instrument that is played at army funeral services - the Last Post I think?