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Piccolo
Instrument Overview
The piccolo is a member of the woodwind instrument family. It is the highest sounding instrument in a band or an orchestra.
Piccolo is not an instrument for beginning musicians. Students begin with the flute -- which is played the same way, by blowing air across the embouchure hole -- and may take up the piccolo later on as a second instrument. (This is known as "doubling".) Piccolo players read flute music, but it sounds an octave (eight notes) higher when played on the piccolo.
Piccolo Facts
- Instrument Family: Woodwind
- Key: C (concert pitch)
- Clef: treble clef
Some piccolo players to listen to:
- Jean-Louis Beaumadier
- Jennifer Gunn
- Peter Verhoyen
- John C. Krell