💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Cornets"
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| trumpetnoun | (music) A musical instrument of the brass family, generally tuned to the key of B-flat; by extension, any type of lip-vibrated aerophone, most often valveless and not chromatic. |
| hornnoun | (countable, zootomy) A hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the top of the head of certain animals, usually paired. |
| oboesnoun | (music) A soprano and melody wind instrument in the modern orchestra and wind ensemble. It is a smaller instrument and generally made of grenadilla wood. It is a member of the double reed family. |
| flugelnoun | (obsolete) A harpsichord. |
| bassoonsnoun | A musical instrument in the woodwind family, having a double reed and playing in the tenor and bass ranges. |
| cor anglaisnoun | (music) A double-reed woodwind instrument in the oboe family that is pitched in F, one-fifth lower than the oboe and is consequently approximately one-third longer than the oboe. |
| continuonoun | (historical) A member of the personal guard of the medieval and early modern Spanish or Portuguese kings. |
| trombonesnoun | A musical instrument in the brass family, having a cylindrical bore, and usually a sliding tube (but sometimes piston valves, and rarely both). Most often refers to the tenor trombone, which is the most common type of trombone and has a fundamental tone of B♭ˌ (contra B♭). |
| saxesnoun | (now only in compounds or attributively) Saxony: A historical region and former duchy in north-central Germany |
| kettledrumsnoun | (music) A large percussion instrument with a drumhead that is stretched over a hemispherical metal bowl. |
| timpaninoun | (music) The set of precision kettledrums in an orchestra. |
| cellosnoun | Someone who plays the cello. |
| woodwindnoun | (music) Any (typically wooden) musical instrument that produces sound by the player blowing into it, through a reed, or across an opening. Woodwind instruments include the recorder, flute, piccolo, clarinet, oboe, cor anglais and bassoon. |
| clarinetsnoun | (music) A woodwind musical instrument that has a distinctive liquid tone whose characteristics vary among its three registers: chalumeau (low), clarion (medium), and altissimo (high). |
| descantnoun | (music) A counterpoint melody sung or played above the theme. |
| tuttinoun | (music) A passage in which all members of an orchestra are playing |
| bassesnoun | A low spectrum of sound tones. |
| contrabassoonnoun | (music) A larger version of the bassoon sounding one octave lower, having a technique similar to the bassoon but offers more resistance in every way. |
| violsnoun | (music) A stringed instrument related to the violin family, but held in the lap between the legs like a cello, usually with C-holes, a flat back, a fretted neck and six strings, played with an underhanded bow hold. |
| pianofortenoun | (music, dated) A piano. |
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