Piccolo Tutorial! Tips/Tricks on How to play Piccolo 

same!

I feel ya, same here

I'm a a junior and I hadn't touched a piccolo since 8th grade sooo yeaaa I feel you, I have to move to piccolo for marching and pep band next year

this is the exact, exact same situation as me

I'm on my 2nd year of it, it's not going well but I'm better than last year

eyyy same

I’m glad to hear that you liked the video! Thanks, will definitely keep doing these then!

I primarily play flute but I also hope to one day to play piccolo

I’m so glad to hear that this video helped you! If you ever need any more help/have questions you can reach out to me through Instagram or Facebook and I’d be happy to chat!

honestly when u play try to pulse your air using your diaphragm or your muscles, also sorry this is so late I just looked up this video 😅 but go slower like at quarter notes then half notes and just keep going quicker if need to or want to

I've had four years of flute playing experience and two months of piccolo experience, so I suggest using your stomach muscles to control the air pulsation. If you're still not quite getting it, I'm sure there are several videos on how to do vibrato. Good luck!

I lucked out wanting to play piccolo. I got to play Freshman year. And then chose whether I played piccolo or principal flute. The conductor asked and then assigned.

If you’re majoring in music, you really don’t need to be experienced on another instrument. You really just want to be as good as possible on the one you’re majoring in. For music Ed students, you’ll have to learn a lot of other instruments anyway while in school. If you want to learn the piccolo for fun, go for it! It’s super fun to play. I’m not sure what would be easiest after playing clarinet, but I used to play clarinet and bass clarinet and switching to flute and piccolo wasn’t terribly hard. You might also want to learn bass clarinet or Eb clarinet if you’re majoring in clarinet since you have time to get good at those too and you’ll be unstoppable when you get to college.

@@ethannylander oh ok thank you! I don't really know what music major i want to major in yet, but Im pretty sure I don't want to be a music ed major...bc the thought of a bunch of middle or high schoolers talking about me is scary😅😅but ya never know. I think flute or piccolo would be fun to learn so maybe ill try it out sometime! + thanks for responding so quick:)

@@breeden844 I’m majoring in music ed and you pointing out that students will be talking about me in the future is making me question my life choices lmao

You can get a cheap one from China for $100 or less.

Usually not but if you do play flute piccolo will not take much time at all to learn

Piccolo is typically harder than flute, but I mastered within a month of receiving it. It's worth a shot if you want to try it out!

it's recommended to; piccolos can definitely cause hearing damage/loss

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I thought his tone sounded good and clear. But even if it hadn't, do you really think that's something worth pointing out?

Womp Womp… like too bad 😅