cornet
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An inventive trumpet and cornet player, Armstrong shifted jazz away from an ensemble experience with collective improvisation to one focused on solo performance.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 25, 2026
Headed by a local teenage cornet player, those in the funeral procession sang Swing Low, Sweet Chariot - amended slightly to include references to Wasdale.
From BBC • Jul. 19, 2024
His most recent release, in 2022, was a trio album, “Heart Is a Melody,” with Kirk Knuffke on cornet and Matt Wilson on drums.
From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2023
Aside from a traditional cornet, Chef Chavez explains that you can also create a leaf tip for instances where you don't have a star tip on hand.
From Salon • Feb. 8, 2023
She bought him a cornet and made him take lessons, figuring he’d be put in an army band and play at parades and reviews only and be kept away from the front.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
Vocabulary lists containing cornet
Musical Instruments - Middle School
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Musical Instruments - High School
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