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Bügelhorn — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bugle noun A brass wind instrument without valves, used mainly for military calls, played by adjusting lip pressure to move between notes.

Senses

Bügelhorn is used for these senses in English:

  • bugle (brass instrument) A simple brass instrument consisting of a horn with no valves, playing only pitches in its harmonic series
  • saxhorn (musical instruments) Any of a group of similar brass instruments, resembling a bugle in shape, but with valves

bugle — full definition

  1. noun A brass wind instrument without valves, used mainly for military calls, played by adjusting lip pressure to move between notes.
  2. verb To sound a call in the manner of a bugle, or to announce something loudly.

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