Significados de shrill fife en inglés

The roll of the drum and the shrill fife of the march were heard in every direction.

Hurrying drum-beat, shrill fife-tones, wailing bugle-notes, and, by way of accompaniment, hurrahs from the urchins on the crowded sidewalks.

Even music was not wanting: banners floated in the air, and the shrill fife and loud trumpet breathed forth sounds of encouragement and victory.

Two badly-tuned violins, two shrill fifes, two iron pot-lids, and several jews'-harps, were the instruments of this band.

But all Atreyu could hear was the slow, muffled drumbeats, the shrill fifes, and a whimpering and panting from many throats.

But the drums were so thunderous and the shrill fifes so lusty that the askaris could not hear conversation pitched in low tones.