The bugle is one of the simplest brass instrument.  it is essentially a small horn with no valves.  All pitch control is done by varying the player’s embouchure, since the bugle has no other mechanism for controlling pitch. Consequently, the bugle is limited to notes within the harmonic series.

The bugle is used mainly in the military , where the bugle has evolved away from its military origins, growing valves. Bugles in drum and bugle corps are typically pitched in G.

Bugle in the Boys’ Brigade

Bugle is one of the traditional instrument tat widely use by most of the Boys’ brigade companies around the globe since the organization was formed until today.A bugler plays an very important roles in the company weekly meeting. Boys can obtain a “bugler award” by undergoing some bugle call test and practically serve as a bugler in weekly meetings.

Role of Bugle

In Boys’ Brigade, the role of  bugle calls came to be used as signals to announce events to the troops. The calls that normally used in a Boys’ Brigade weekly meeting includes, “warning for parade”, “fall-In”, “reveille” and “retreat” some others bugle call like “Last post”, “light off”, “orderly sgt”, “last dinner call” and etc are widely use in BB camping.

*49th Edinburgh Boys’ Brigade Bugler in year 1907-8