Recall (bugle call)

"Recall" is a bugle call used to signal to soldiers that duties or drills are to cease,¹ or to indicate that a period of relaxation should end. Outside of a military context, it is used to signal when a game should end, such as a game of capture the flag among scouts.

History

Like other bugle calls, "recall" is a short tune that originated as a military signal announcing scheduled and certain non-scheduled events on a military installation, battlefield, or ship. Historically bugle calls indicated the change in daily routines of camp. A defining feature of a bugle call is that it consists only of notes from a single overtone series, a requirement if it is to be playable on a bugle, or on a trumpet without moving the valves.

References

Rabbai, George (1998). Mel Bay presents Infantry bugle calls of the American Civil War. Mel Bay Publications. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-7866-3308-1. Retrieved 6 July 2010.

[Rabbai1998-1] Rabbai, George (1998). Mel Bay presents Infantry bugle calls of the American Civil War. Mel Bay Publications. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-7866-3308-1. Retrieved 6 July 2010.

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