Piccolo
C♯6 on the Piccolo
Written C♯6 — sounds concert C♯7. Tap the diagram to hear it.
C♯6
Concert C♯7
Plays the real sound: written C♯6 sounds concert C♯7 on piccolo.
Written C♯6 takes the same fingering as on the flute and sounds C♯7, 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 C♯6 takes the same fingering as on the flute and sounds C♯7, an octave higher. The second octave is the piccolo's sweet spot: center the tone here and keep the lips relaxed.
- Primary fingering: E♭ key (right little finger)
- Written pitch: C♯6 · Concert pitch: C♯7
- Sounding frequency: 2217.46 Hz
Trill fingerings
- C♯6 ↔ D6 (Shake the first (D) trill key): First (D) trill key + E♭ key (right little finger)
- C♯6 ↔ E♭6 (Press and release both trill keys together): First (D) trill key + 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.