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Trumpet
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The trumpet is a brass instrument. The most common type of trumpet is a transposing instrument in B♭, with pitches sounding a whole step lower than written. The trumpet family includes instruments ran
Trumpet in B♭
Trumpet in B♭
Trio of trumpeters in Toledo, Ohio, approximately 1940
Trio of trumpeters in Toledo, Ohio, approximately 1940
Silver and gold plated trumpet and its wooden mute from the tomb of Tutankhamun (1326–1336 BC)
Silver and gold plated trumpet and its wooden mute from the tomb of Tutankhamun (1326–1336 BC)
Ceramic trumpet, AD 300, Larco Museum Collection Lima, Peru
Ceramic trumpet, AD 300, Larco Museum Collection Lima, Peru
Cornet
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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♭.
Trumpet
…and E♭, as well as the piccolo trumpet in B♭ (an octave higher than the standard trumpet), and the bass trumpet (in B♭ an octave lower, or in C). The cornet is similar to the trumpet but has a conical bore (the trumpet has a cylindrical bore) and its tubing is generally wound differently. Early trumpets did…
Connie Jones playing a long-model cornet
Connie Jones playing a long-model cornet