Piccolo
E5 on the Piccolo
Written E5 — sounds concert E6. Tap the diagram to hear it.
E5
Concert E6Beginner note
Plays the real sound: written E5 sounds concert E6 on piccolo.
Written E5 takes the same fingering as on the flute and sounds E6, 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 E5 takes the same fingering as on the flute and sounds E6, 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) + Left middle (key 2) + Left ring (key 3) + Right index (key 4) + Right middle (key 5) + E♭ key (right little finger)
- Written pitch: E5 · Concert pitch: E6
- Sounding frequency: 1318.51 Hz
Alternate fingerings for E5
- E with the second (E-flat) trill key added: Thumb B key + Left index (key 1) + Left middle (key 2) + Left ring (key 3) + Right index (key 4) + Right middle (key 5) + Second (E♭) trill key + E♭ key (right little finger). Add the second trill key when second-octave E keeps cracking; it steadies the note without changing anything around it.
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.