Piccolo

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Piccolo

• Cortney Hagans

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What is The Full Name of your Instrument??
Piccolo
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Are there any other names for your instrument
maybe in a different language or in a different
culture?

• French flûte piccolopetite flûte
• German Pikkoloflöte Piccolo kleine Flöte
• Italian ottavinoflauto piccolo
• Russian pikkolo malaia fleitafleita pikkolo
• Spanish flautín ottavino

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What family of instruments does it belong to?

• The piccolo belongs to the flute family.
• Bass, alto, tenor, flute Damor, C flute, etc.

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Which section of the band does it belong to?
Woodwind, Brass, Percussion?

• The piccolo belongs to the woodwind section of
  the band.
• Which includes clarinets, flutes (their cousins),
  saxaphones.

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When was your instrument first invented/discovered
/used?

• The Piccolo was invented by Theobald Boehm in the
  19th century after the flute was invented in
  1832.
• The Piccolos use continued into the 20th
  century.

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Pictures of very, very old versions of my
instrument
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When was the modern form of your instrument
discovered or invented?

• Piccolo players continued to play the one-key
  instrument throughout the 19th century, but
  undoubtedly the most popular instrument of the
  19th century and the beginning of the 20th
  century was the piccolo with six keys.

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Who is credited for inventing the modern version
of your instrument

• Theobald Boehm, is credited for the modern day
  Piccolo.
• Born April 9, 1794
• Died November 25, 1881

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Famous people who play the Piccolo..
Barbara Morgan
Amy Porter
James Galway
India Arie
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Important works of music that were composed
specifically for the Piccolo

• March to the River Weser, Gordon Jacob
• Top O the Evening An Irish Suite, Laurence
  Trott
• Mountain Air, Steven Tung and Victor Wong

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What made you choose to play this instrument?

• I chose to play the flute because it had a very
  sweet sound to it.

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Why is your instrument the most awesome in the
band?

• The flute and the piccolo tops all instruments in
  band. The Flute and the piccolo have a great
  sound for a solo or even for the melody of a
  piece of music. Its a controlling instrument.
  Its hard for these instruments to be heard at
  times so the rest of the band has to play softer
  so we can step up and take the show!!!

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Piccolos come in many colors
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Fun Facts

• Piccolo has been around for 200 yrs.
• Has no low C and C keys and can only play down
  to a D natural.
• 12.5 inches in length.

• It is one octave higher than the flute
• The smallest instrument in the orchestra.

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• www.mathcs.duq.edu/iben.flutepic.htm
• www.wikipedia.com
• www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/jazz/download/
• www.piccolospoleto.com