Hector Berlioz · section 34 of 67

The Valve Bugle

It has a lower range than the preceding. However. this is of no particular utility since its low tones are of

very pour quality and respond eusily onir on the small bugle i in E%, which has therefore the greatest range:

This instrument is much better than the key bugle; it is quite suitable for rendering certain melodies of

Beginning from the middle = ail major and

slow or at least moderate tempo. In lively or gay passages, however, it shows the same shortcomings which we pointed out in the valve cornets: it has no distinction, although this may be improved to a certain degree by the individual player’s skill.

minor trills are good on the valve bugle, with the excep-

tion of er which is very diticuli.