Soprano cornet

This article is about the E♭ instrument. For B♭ instrument, see Cornet.
Soprano cornet

An E♭ cornet
Brass instrument
Classification

Hornbostel–Sachs classification 423.231[1]
(Valved aerophone sounded by lip movement featuring a conical bore)
Developed 19th century
Playing range

(concert pitch[2])

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

  1. ↑ "Discussion of brass instruments". Retrieved 2009-08-19.
  2. ↑ "The Brass Crest, Cornet". Retrieved 2009-08-19.
  3. ↑ "Cornet". Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 2009-08-19.

Further reading

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