Piccolo
Low A♭ on the Piccolo
Written A♭4 — sounds concert A♭5. Tap the diagram to hear it.
A♭4
Concert A♭5Beginner note
Plays the real sound: written A♭4 sounds concert A♭5 on piccolo.
Written A♭4 takes the same fingering as on the flute and sounds A♭5, 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 A♭4 takes the same fingering as on the flute and sounds A♭5, 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: Thumb B key + Left index (key 1) + Left middle (key 2) + Left ring (key 3) + G♯ key (left little finger) + E♭ key (right little finger)
- Written pitch: A♭4 · Concert pitch: A♭5
- Sounding frequency: 830.61 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.