Piccolo
B5 on the Piccolo
Written B5 — sounds concert B6. Tap the diagram to hear it.
B5
Concert B6
Plays the real sound: written B5 sounds concert B6 on piccolo.
Written B5 takes the same fingering as on the flute and sounds B6, 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 B5 takes the same fingering as on the flute and sounds B6, 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) + E♭ key (right little finger)
- Written pitch: B5 · Concert pitch: B6
- Sounding frequency: 1975.53 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.