bugle call
Brass wake-up sound
A bugle call is a short musical signal played on a bugle, traditionally used in military contexts to communicate commands or mark events: reveille, taps, charge.
Each call has a specific meaning—wake up, lights out, advance.
The term extends to any clear, commanding signal: The email served as a bugle call to action.
- reveilleMilitary dawn summons
- first lightEarliest morning brightness
- tapsLight repeated touches
- trumpetValved brass wind instrument
- brass instrumentMetal wind instrument
fanfare · tattoo · signal · clarion · assembly · charge · military honors · retreat · lights-out · drill · rallying cry · military funerals · honor guard · morning · march · corps · ceremonial music · cadence
- military termsarmy, navy, air force, marines, soldier
- Military HolidaysMemorial Day, Veterans Day, fallen heroes, remembrance, veteran
- musical communicationsinging, humming, whistling, chanting, yodeling
- patriotic displaysflag waving, flag pole, flagpole, parade, bunting
- signal soundsdoorbell, alarm bell, bell toll, whistle, siren
- signalssignal, signals, signaling, sign, waved
communication method
bugle callhand signal
Motion conveying information
voice command · shout · semaphore · radio transmission · encrypted message
call, recall, buffalo, antebellum, bugle, bugler, bugling, bugled, buglers