Piccolo
B♭5 on the Piccolo
Written B♭5 — sounds concert B♭6. Tap the diagram to hear it.
B♭5
Concert B♭6
Plays the real sound: written B♭5 sounds concert B♭6 on piccolo.
Written B♭5 takes the same fingering as on the flute and sounds B♭6, an octave higher. The second octave is the piccolo's sweet spot: center the tone here and keep the lips relaxed. An alternate fingering is listed below.
About this note
Written B♭5 takes the same fingering as on the flute and sounds B♭6, an octave higher. The second octave is the piccolo's sweet spot: center the tone here and keep the lips relaxed. An alternate fingering is listed below.
- Primary fingering: Thumb B key + Left index (key 1) + Right index (key 4) + E♭ key (right little finger)
- Written pitch: B♭5 · Concert pitch: B♭6
- Sounding frequency: 1864.66 Hz
Alternate fingerings for B♭5
- Thumb B-flat (Briccialdi lever): Thumb B♭ lever (Briccialdi) + Left index (key 1) + E♭ key (right little finger). Use when the passage sits in a flat key and contains no B natural; the thumb stays on the B-flat lever throughout.
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.