Piccolo

Low B on the Piccolo

Written B4 — sounds concert B5. Tap the diagram to hear it.

B4
Concert B5Beginner note
Written B4 on the treble staff

Plays the real sound: written B4 sounds concert B5 on piccolo.

Written B4 takes the same fingering as on the flute and sounds B5, 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 B4 takes the same fingering as on the flute and sounds B5, 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) + E♭ key (right little finger)
  • Written pitch: B4 · Concert pitch: B5
  • Sounding frequency: 987.77 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.