Piccolo
A♭5 on the Piccolo
Written A♭5 — sounds concert A♭6. Tap the diagram to hear it.
A♭5
Concert A♭6
Plays the real sound: written A♭5 sounds concert A♭6 on piccolo.
Written A♭5 takes the same fingering as on the flute and sounds A♭6, 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 A♭5 takes the same fingering as on the flute and sounds A♭6, 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) + Left ring (key 3) + G♯ key (left little finger) + E♭ key (right little finger)
- Written pitch: A♭5 · Concert pitch: A♭6
- Sounding frequency: 1661.22 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.