Piccolo
C♯5 on the Piccolo
Written C♯5 — sounds concert C♯6. Tap the diagram to hear it.
C♯5
Concert C♯6Beginner note
Plays the real sound: written C♯5 sounds concert C♯6 on piccolo.
Written C♯5 takes the same fingering as on the flute and sounds C♯6, an octave higher. The piccolo's bottom octave is quiet and hard to project; use a small, fast airstream and don't overblow.
About this note
Written C♯5 takes the same fingering as on the flute and sounds C♯6, an octave higher. The piccolo's bottom octave is quiet and hard to project; use a small, fast airstream and don't overblow.
- Primary fingering: E♭ key (right little finger)
- Written pitch: C♯5 · Concert pitch: C♯6
- Sounding frequency: 1108.73 Hz
Trill fingerings
- C♯5 ↔ D5 (Shake the first (D) trill key; nothing else is held down): First (D) trill key + E♭ key (right little finger)
- C♯5 ↔ E♭5 (Shake the second (E-flat) trill key for the whole-step trill): 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.