Piccolo
E♭5 on the Piccolo
Written E♭5 — sounds concert E♭6. Tap the diagram to hear it.
E♭5
Concert E♭6Beginner note
Plays the real sound: written E♭5 sounds concert E♭6 on piccolo.
Written E♭5 takes the same fingering as on the flute and sounds E♭6, 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 E♭5 takes the same fingering as on the flute and sounds E♭6, an octave higher. The second octave is the piccolo's sweet spot: center the tone here and keep the lips relaxed.
- Primary fingering: Thumb B key + Left middle (key 2) + Left ring (key 3) + Right index (key 4) + Right middle (key 5) + Right ring (key 6) + E♭ key (right little finger)
- Written pitch: E♭5 · Concert pitch: E♭6
- Sounding frequency: 1244.51 Hz
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.