Just a question. What is the difference between a coronet and a trumpet?
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Physically, a "cornet" is about three inches shorter than a trumpet, with two more bends in the leadpipe section, and a slightly shorter bell tube. Where the fingerings are concerned there is no difference. The cornet will usually have a somewhat darker or more mellow, less "brassy" tone than a trumpet.

Therez not much of a difference to me.Jus the physical feature.In case if you havn`t noticed iz that some music has either Cornet only or Trumpet only.And somtimes both lik G.F Handel`s Water Suite Music.You should play that, itz amazing.I played it yesturday in my band as a sight readin piece.

thank you both for the information. much appreciated

A trumpet is a musical instrument, and a coronet is an ornament a king wears on his head.

It`s a Cornet, =) and judging by mine it sounds more like a woodwind, less buzz. Not much of a difference unless you have really good hearing.

As for the CORNET, I think of the sound of a flugelhorn as more or less halfway between that of a trumpet and a horn and the sound of a cornet more or less halfway between that of a trumpet and a flugelhorn. Bix played cornet, but it`s fairly rare in jazz nowadays. I play cornet (occasionally and among other instruments) rather than trumpet just because I happen to have a cornet.

The big difference that makes the coronet different from the trumpet, in sound anyway, is that it starts at a smaller bore and the bore gets larger throughout the entire instument, where as the trumpet is at about the same bore for most of the instrument. Thies gives it a, as already said, mellower tone.

Whoops, *cornet

You could get a sound out of a coronet if you dropped it on the floor or if you hit it with a drum stick. For the advertised mellow sound though I`d suggest hitting it with a mallet instead.

i DID drop my cornet on the floor. Bach Strad. it made a wonderfull noise. My yamaha made a duller but more full sound.

I have recently purchased a cornet and trying to teach myself while waiting to find a trumpet teacher. I was wondering if a practice mute for a trumpet will work in a cornet and what a good practice mute would be. The only reason I am asking about a mute is the fact that I live in an apartment complex and don't want to disturb the neighbors too much.

It is actually "cornet", and a couple of other physical differences are that the bore of a cornet is usually smaller that a trumpet, and cornet mouthpieces are somewhat shorter than trumpet mouthpieces.