This movie has made me want to learn a brass instrument! <y friend and I were talking about it yesterday (jokingly, really), saying she would teach me to play her cornet!!!
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I play the cornet. If you want to get in a band a trumpet would be better, they like them more
shareNot a brass band!! noooooooo brass band like cornets!
sharebut u have to change to trumpet if u want to get into a proper orchesta/ band, eg. one that goes on tours and maybe has other not brass instruments
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To be honest the trumpet and the cornet are pretty much interchangeable, once you have learnt one it is pretty easy to pick up the other.
A cornet is better for a brass band, who incidently still go on tour.
a trumpet is more for orchestral playing, it really depends on what type of music you prefer playing as to which you should join, I believe for a trumpet/cornet player it is more interesting to play in a brass band, you get to actually play more than in an orchestra.
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Cornets are used in Brass Bands and some times Wind Bands.
Trumpets are used in Orchestras, Jazz Bands and Wind Bands.
Not to argue that much but Louis Armstrong started out on Cornet, wrote a peace called "Cornet Chop Suey" - Wild Bill Davidson played Cornet all his life as does many other Jazz musicians. Basically you are right but there are several exceptions..
shareOn the touring issue, I've been on several tour with brass bands.
I've toured Brazil, USA, Canada, Bermuda,Spain, Netherlands, Belgium,Norway,Sweden,Switzerland All for free, (In fact I got paid to go to Brazil!!).
As mentioned before, a good musician will have no problem interchanging between Cornet and Trumpet or Flugal Horn for that matter.
Oh yes, the reason is that the cornet gives a softer note, more suited to brass bands, and the trumpet gives a more sharper more rasping note, more suited to orchestras and jazz bands. This is due to the relationship to the other instruments in each of the relative ensambles. (orchestras have softer wind intruments, whereas brass band have sharper horns) Therefore they give a more balanced sound in each case.
shareYou can't compete in a brass band with a trumpet. It's not allowed
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Darn those rules eh? Not sure how UK rules work, Australian rules allow "Junior" (Under 19) bands to use Trumpets and French Horns in lieu of Cornets and Tenor Horns, if that's what the players have.
What's this "proper" band nonsense? A proper band is one that plays together and makes a good noise! It's not based on instrumentation!!!
Another interesting history point on Cornets for anyone not in the know - in the 19th Century, Cornets were among the first brass instruments to be fitted with valves, thus being able to play the full chromatic range of notes. Trumpets were still "Straight" instruments for some time, with no way to change the pitch. Thus you'll find in some 19th Century orchestral works both Trumpet AND Cornet parts, where the cornet is playing something that a "straight" trumpet physically couldn't. Sound had nothing to do with it! :)
I'd like to play the euphonium myself - if only to get to say "it's not a trumpet, it's a bloody euphonium" all the time.
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