Piccolo
C6 on the Piccolo
Written C6 — sounds concert C7. Tap the diagram to hear it.
C6
Concert C7
Plays the real sound: written C6 sounds concert C7 on piccolo.
Written C6 takes the same fingering as on the flute and sounds C7, 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 C6 takes the same fingering as on the flute and sounds C7, an octave higher. The second octave is the piccolo's sweet spot: center the tone here and keep the lips relaxed.
- Primary fingering: Left index (key 1) + E♭ key (right little finger)
- Written pitch: C6 · Concert pitch: C7
- Sounding frequency: 2093.00 Hz
Trill fingerings
- C6 ↔ D6 (Hold C and shake the second (E-flat) trill key — the first trill key gives a flat D here): Left index (key 1) + Second (E♭) trill key + E♭ key (right little finger)
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.