Soprano cornet
An E♭ cornet | |
Brass instrument | |
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Classification | |
Hornbostel–Sachs classification |
423.231[1] (Valved aerophone sounded by lip movement featuring a conical bore) |
Developed | 19th century |
Playing range | |
Related instruments | |
The soprano cornet is a brass musical instrument. Very similar to the standard B♭ cornet, it too is a transposing instrument, but pitched higher, in E♭.[3]
A single soprano cornet is usually seen in brass bands and silver bands and can often be found playing lead or descant parts in ensembles.
Notes
- ↑ "Discussion of brass instruments". Retrieved 2009-08-19.
- ↑ "The Brass Crest, Cornet". Retrieved 2009-08-19.
- ↑ "Cornet". Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
Further reading
- Introduction to the E♭ soprano cornet by Bram Gay original from Sounding Brass, Issue 6, 1977.
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