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cornet

Musical instrument

Entitytype of musical instrumentQ202027

Instance of: type of musical instrument
Subclass of: musical instrument

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The cornet is a brass instrument similar to the trumpet but distinguished from it by its conical bore, more compact shape, and mellower tone. 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.

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Hornbostel-Sachs classification: 423.232
Different from: The Cornet
cornett
Cornet
Used by: cornetist

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