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Sign in to saveThe cornet (, ) is a brass instrument similar to the trumpet but distinguished from it by its conical bore, more compact shape, and mellower tone quality. The most common cornet is a transposing instrument in B. There is also a soprano cornet in E and cornets in A and C. All are unrelated to the Renaissance and early Baroque cornett.
Key facts
- Instrument.name
- Cornet
- Instrument.image
- Yamaha Cornet YCR-6330II crop.png
- Instrument.image_capt
- Cornet in B
- Instrument.background
- brass
- Instrument.hornbostel_sachs
- 423.232
- Instrument.hornbostel_sachs_desc
- Valved aerophone sounded by lip vibration
- Instrument.developed
- Early 19th century from the post horn
- Instrument.range
- Written range:180px|center (lower and higher notes are possible)
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- Cornet-Bb-large.jpg
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- Hornbostel-Sachs classification
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- Commons category
- Cornets
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Article
13 sectionsContents
- History
- Relationship to trumpet
- Echo cornet
- Playing technique
- Ensembles with cornets
- Brass band
- Concert band
- Fanfareorkest
- Jazz ensemble
- Symphony orchestra
- See also
- References
- External links
The cornet (, ) is a brass instrument similar to the trumpet but distinguished from it by its conical bore, more compact shape, and mellower tone quality. The most common cornet is a transposing instrument in B. There is also a soprano cornet in E and cornets in A and C. All are unrelated to the Renaissance and early Baroque cornett.
==History== The cornet was derived from the posthorn by applying valves to it in the 1820s. Initially using Stölzel valves, by the 1830s, Parisian makers were using the improved Périnet piston valves. Cornets first appeared as separate instrumental parts in 19th-century French compositions.