horn call
Huntsman's audible alert
A horn call is a short, distinctive musical phrase played on a horn, traditionally used for signaling during hunts or military operations.
The term extends to similar melodic figures in classical music that evoke hunting or the outdoors: The symphony opens with a majestic horn call.
Horn calls typically feature bold, open intervals that carry over distance.
- bugleValveless military horn
- fanfareCeremonial brass announcement
- trumpetValved brass wind instrument
- huntingPursuing wild game
- houndsDogs bred to track
fox hunt · reveille · brass · brass section · signal · sound the alarm · blast · toot · herald · cavalry · charge · forest · echo · summons · rally · clarion · alpine · announce
horn callwhistle
Shrill air-blown sounder
drumbeat · bell toll · bugle call · trumpet call · shout
horn callhand signal
Motion conveying information
visual signal · semaphore · smoke signal · flare · beacon
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