Soprano cornet

Soprano cornet
Brass instrument
An E♭ cornet
Classification	Wind Brass Aerophone
Hornbostel–Sachs classification	423.231^[1] (Valved aerophone sounded by lip vibration featuring a conical bore)
Developed	19th century^{[citation needed]}
Playing range
(concert pitch^[2])
Related instruments
Cornet Trumpet Flugelhorn Bass trumpet Flumpet

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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