Cornet

Корнет

Audio: Cornet

The cornet is a brass instrument similar to the trumpet but with a shorter, conical bore. The sound is softer and more lyrical than a trumpet, especially prized in wind bands.

The cornet is the “soft brother” of the trumpet. It appeared in France in the 1820s — the conical bore yields a rounded, “pillowy” timbre, unlike the bright, focused voice of the trumpet.

The cornet was the favorite instrument of 19th-century wind and military bands. Much concert literature was written for it: Jean-Baptiste Arban's virtuoso variations on The Carnival of Venice. In early jazz the cornet was the leading instrument of New Orleans bands (Buddy Bolden, King Oliver, the young Louis Armstrong); in the 1920s the cornetist Bix Beiderbecke made his name on the Chicago scene. Today the cornet is most often found in brass bands and school orchestras.

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Cornet

Sub-category:: brass

The cornet is a brass instrument similar to the trumpet but with a shorter, conical bore. The sound is softer and more lyrical than a trumpet, especially prized in wind bands.

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