CORNET

Cornet

The cornet is a brass instrument very similar to the trumpet, distinguished by its conical bore, compact shape, and mellower tone quality. The most common cornet is a transposing instrument in B. It is not related to the renaissance and early baroque cornett.

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cornet

Noun

  1. A musical instrument of the brass family, slightly smaller than a trumpet, usually in the musical key of B-flat.
  2. A piece of paper twisted to be used as a container.
  3. A pastry shell to be filled with ice-cream, hence (UK) an ice cream cone.
  4. A troop of cavalry; so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player.
  5. A kind of organ stop.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. The white headdress worn by the .
  2. The standard flown by a cavalry troop.
  3. The fifth commissioned officer in a cavalry troop, who carried the colours (equivalent to the in infantry).


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