Piccolo

Low A on the Piccolo

Written A4 — sounds concert A5. Tap the diagram to hear it.

A4
Concert A5Beginner note
Written A4 on the treble staff

Plays the real sound: written A4 sounds concert A5 on piccolo.

Written A4 takes the same fingering as on the flute and sounds A5, 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 A4 takes the same fingering as on the flute and sounds A5, 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) + E♭ key (right little finger)
  • Written pitch: A4 · Concert pitch: A5
  • Sounding frequency: 880.00 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.