cornett
Curved wooden aerophone
A cornett is a wind instrument prominent in Renaissance and early Baroque music, made of wood or ivory with finger holes like a recorder but played with a cup-shaped mouthpiece like a brass instrument.
The hybrid design produced a tone prized for blending with voices in church music.
Not to be confused with the brass cornet, which emerged centuries later.
One who speaks officially
- woodwindBlown orchestral instrument type
- brassCopper-zinc metal mixture
- fingerholesOpenings for digits
- curvedSmoothly bent, not angular
mute · serpent · ivory · leather · octave · pitch · tone · embouchure
Early sliding brass horn
- shawmMedieval double-reed woodwind
- recorderEnd-blown wooden flute
- lutePear-bodied fretted strings
- violBowed Renaissance instrument
harpsichord · organ · consort · chapel · choir · voices · polyphony · madrigal
Formal moving line
- fanfareCeremonial brass announcement
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- coronationCeremony installing a sovereign
- massQuantity of matter
vespers · court · royal · cathedral · tower · herald · announcement · solemn
Multi-movement instrumental composition
- diminutionReduction in size
- ornamentationDecorative additions to something
- passaggioVocal register transition zone
- divisionsSeparate portions of something
mouthpiece
One who speaks officially
- woodwindBlown orchestral instrument type
- brassCopper-zinc metal mixture
- fingerholesOpenings for digits
curved · mute · serpent · ivory · leather · octave · pitch · tone · embouchure · bore
sackbut
Early sliding brass horn
viol · harpsichord · organ · consort · chapel · choir · voices · polyphony · madrigal · motet
procession
Formal moving line
- fanfareCeremonial brass announcement
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- coronationCeremony installing a sovereign
mass · vespers · court · royal · cathedral · tower · herald · announcement · solemn · festive
sonata
Multi-movement instrumental composition
- diminutionReduction in size
- ornamentationDecorative additions to something
- passaggioVocal register transition zone
divisions · improvisation · virtuosity · venetian · bologna