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The garklein recorder in C, also known as the sopranissimo recorder or piccolo recorder, is the smallest size of the recorder family. Its range is C 6 –A 7 (C 8). [citation needed] The name garklein is German for "quite small", and is also sometimes used to describe the sopranino in G. [1] Although some modern German makers use the single-word form Garkleinflötlein, this is without ...
The piccolo (/ ˈ p ɪ k ə l oʊ / PIH-kə-loh; Italian for 'small') [1] [2] is a half-size flute and a member of the woodwind family of musical instruments. Sometimes referred to as a "baby flute" or piccolo flute , the modern piccolo has the same type of fingerings as the standard transverse flute , [ 3 ] but the sound it produces is an ...
The article says, "The smallest of the trumpet family is the piccolo trumpet, pitched one octave higher than the standard B♭ trumpet." Being interested in the piccolo mainly for higher range, I just came from an internet site that stated flatly that one will not be able to play one's piccolo a octave higher than one's regular B flat trumpet.
This chart is a general guide, but by no means a definitive or complete fingering chart for the recorder, an impossible task. Rather, it is the basis for a much more complex fingering system, which is still being added to today. Some fonts show miniature glyphs of complete recorder fingering charts in TrueType format. [51]
The sopranino recorder is the second smallest recorder of the modern recorder family, and was the smallest before the 17th century.. This modern instrument has F 5 as its lowest note, and its length is 20 cm.
The E-flat (E ♭) clarinet is a member of the clarinet family, smaller than the more common B ♭ clarinet and pitched a perfect fourth higher. It is typically considered the sopranino or piccolo member of the clarinet family and is a transposing instrument in E ♭ with a sounding pitch a minor third higher than written.
The next most common variants are the E ♭ piccolo (in concert D ♭), sounding a fifth above the B ♭ flute, and the F flute (in concert E ♭), sounding a fifth below the B ♭ flute. The E ♭ piccolo is used for ornamentation in melodies and the F flute is used as a bass instrument in flute band harmonies.
The soprano recorder in C, also known as the descant, is the third-smallest instrument of the modern recorder family and is usually played as the highest voice in four-part ensembles (SATB = soprano, alto, tenor, bass).