What is Piccolo? I’ve been a flutist for 5 years, but I also play the piccolo. In comparison to the flute, the piccolo has a higher tone.
However, the piccolo is much smaller than the flute: being smaller and shorter thus considered a lower instrument.
To play piccolo, you’ll need to add or subtract through lifting our fingers and that’s what changes the length of the tube inside and hence alter the notes.
What is Piccolo?
In short: Piccolo (pronounced as ‘piccolo’) is a woodwind family member and is considered as a half-size flute. The Piccolo in an orchestral setting is defined as the “piccolo or flute III”.
- Origin of piccolo: Western Europe
- Family of piccolo: Aerophone, Wind instrument, Woodwinds, Flutes
- Invention Date: Mid 1800’s
- The close relation to Alto flute, Bass flute, & Flutes – check these Camera for Music Videos.
But, how would a transition from a flute to the piccolo be? Well, as noted above, the piccolo is practically a smaller flute with the same fingerings but with notes being an octave higher and with a smaller embouchure.
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Therefore, initially, it would be challenging to adjust to the piccolo’s smaller embouchure. However, the piccolos have only the Eb key at its end and thus lacks the C# & C keys.
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So, as you add your fingers, you’ll be pressing down the keys, which closed the keys and hence making longer the tube inside and thus lowering the notes. Read Also: SD Card for Raspberry Pi 3.
Further, the piccolo uses wind and not reed. We use the lips to produce a similar type of compression that the reed creates a reed instrument like the oboe.
