The bugle is a brass instrument used for marching purposes. They have been used in the military, bands, and drum corps. The standard bugle has no valves, but looks like a trumpet, and can only
play certain intervals.
There are other types of bugles: Soprano,
Alto, Mellophone, French
horn, Baritone, Euphonium, and Contrabass. All the above instruments have been marched in Drum and Bugle Corps.