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A French marine bugler

The bugle is one of the simplest brass instruments; it is essentially a small natural horn with no valves. All pitch control is done by varying the player's embouchure (the adjustment of a player's mouth to the mouthpiece), since the bugle has no other mechanism for controlling pitch. Consequently, the bugle is limited to notes within the harmonic series and cannot play normal scales. Historically the bugle was signaling instrument, as well as an official characteristic of a hunt. Some of the best known melodies today are bugle calls, such as "Reveille" and "Taps."

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+image_desc=A French marine bugler|
-text='''Ujjain''' is an [[ancient]] city of [[Malwa]] in central [[India]] on the eastern bank of the [[Kshipra River]]. It has a lengthy history as a capital of the northern region, and served as the capital for [[King Chandragupta II]] (375–415 C.E.), ruler of the [[Gupta empire]]. The epic [[Mahabharata]] speaks of Ujjain as the capital of [[Avanti Kingdom]] during the ancient era, and [[Ashoka the Great]] (304 B.C.E.–232 B.C.E.) resided there.
+text=The '''bugle''' is one of the simplest [[brass instrument]]s; it is essentially a small [[natural horn]] with no [[valve]]s. All [[pitch (music)|pitch]] control is done by varying the player's [[embouchure]] (the adjustment of a player's mouth to the mouthpiece), since the bugle has no other mechanism for controlling pitch. Consequently, the bugle is limited to [[note]]s within the [[harmonic series (music)|harmonic series]] and cannot play normal scales. Historically the bugle was signaling instrument, as well as an official characteristic of a hunt. Some of the best known melodies today are bugle calls, such as "Reveille" and "Taps."}}
-Ujjain has served as a center of science and culture in northern India. Since the fourth century B.C.E., it has served as the [[Prime Meridian|first meridian of longitude]] for [[Hindu]] [[geographers]]. It also numbers among the seven sacred cities of the [[Hindus]], with the [[Kumbh Mela]] religious [[festival]] held there every twelve years. Ujjain is the home for [[Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga]], one of the [[shrine]]s to the god [[Shiva]]. Other noteworthy temples and palaces are also found in the city.}}