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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 octave higher.
Each of the above instruments has its own range. The piccolo reads music in C (like the standard flute), but sounds one octave higher. The alto flute is in the key of G, and the low register extends to the G below middle C; its highest note is a high G (4 ledger lines above the treble staff). The bass flute is an octave lower than the concert ...
The terms sounding range, written range, designated range, duration range and dynamic range have specific meanings. The sounding range [ 3 ] refers to the pitches produced by an instrument, while the written range [ 3 ] refers to the compass (span) of notes written in the sheet music, where the part is sometimes transposed for convenience.
Balalaika, piccolo 3 strings 3 courses. Standard: B 4 E 5 A 5. Old orchestral: E 4 A 4 E 5; Piccolo Russia Rare Balalaika, prima 3 strings 3 courses. Standard/common: E 4 E 4 A 4. Alternates: Folk: C 4 E 4 G 4; Russian guitar: G 3 B 3 D 4; Prima Russia This is the standard instrument of the balalaika family Balalaika, prima, 6-string 6 strings ...
Most orchestration and band scoring texts give the piccolo's range as D to C (two octaves and a minor seventh above the low D). I can't tell to what the small-note low C refers: the piccolo does not have a foot joint as far as I know, and it's only the flute's foot joint that allows it play middle C; the flute's and the piccolo's pipes are D pipes.
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The piccolo trumpet is the smallest member of the trumpet family, pitched one octave higher than the standard B ♭ trumpet. Most piccolo trumpets are built to play in either B ♭ or A, using a separate leadpipe for each key. The tubing in the B ♭ piccolo trumpet is one-half the length of that in a standard B ♭ trumpet. Piccolo trumpets in ...
The soprillo (also known as the piccolo or sopranissimo saxophone) is the smallest saxophone, developed as an extension to the saxophone family in the late 1990s by German instrument maker Benedikt Eppelsheim. It is 33 cm (13 in) long including the mouthpiece, and pitched in B♭ one octave above the soprano saxophone.