Piccolo
Low F♯ on the Piccolo
Written F♯4 — sounds concert F♯5. Tap the diagram to hear it.
Plays the real sound: written F♯4 sounds concert F♯5 on piccolo.
Written F♯4 takes the same fingering as on the flute and sounds F♯5, an octave higher. The piccolo's bottom octave is quiet and hard to project; use a small, fast airstream and don't overblow. An alternate fingering is listed below.
About this note
Written F♯4 takes the same fingering as on the flute and sounds F♯5, an octave higher. The piccolo's bottom octave is quiet and hard to project; use a small, fast airstream and don't overblow. An alternate fingering is listed below.
- Primary fingering: Thumb B key + Left index (key 1) + Left middle (key 2) + Left ring (key 3) + Right ring (key 6) + E♭ key (right little finger)
- Written pitch: F♯4 · Concert pitch: F♯5
- Sounding frequency: 739.99 Hz
Alternate fingerings for Low F♯
- F-sharp with right 2: Thumb B key + Left index (key 1) + Left middle (key 2) + Left ring (key 3) + Right middle (key 5) + E♭ key (right little finger). Only for the E–F-sharp trill and fast slurs with E; go back to right 3 for anything sustained or being tuned.
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.