Piccolo
A5 on the Piccolo
Written A5 — sounds concert A6. Tap the diagram to hear it.
A5
Concert A6
Plays the real sound: written A5 sounds concert A6 on piccolo.
Written A5 takes the same fingering as on the flute and sounds A6, an octave higher. The second octave is the piccolo's sweet spot: center the tone here and keep the lips relaxed.
About this note
Written A5 takes the same fingering as on the flute and sounds A6, an octave higher. The second octave is the piccolo's sweet spot: center the tone here and keep the lips relaxed.
- Primary fingering: Thumb B key + Left index (key 1) + Left middle (key 2) + E♭ key (right little finger)
- Written pitch: A5 · Concert pitch: A6
- Sounding frequency: 1760.00 Hz
Piccolo fingering data last updated . Every diagram here, in the printable PDF and in the chart image comes from one dataset, so the paper and the screen cannot disagree.