The flautist’s guide to the piccolo
Videos and recordings to help you make the most of your guide
Flexibility
What do we mean by flexibility? How can we used note bending, intervals and harmonics to help?
Learning Tricky Passages
A wiz through different rhythms and articulations that can make learning lots of notes easier
Jigging Piccolo Example
Tone Colour
Vowel shapes and tone colours help both flute and piccolo sound. Here’s an introduction to start using them
Bellisle March
The accompaniment part to play along with and an example of the duet
Bolero Accompaniment
Articulation
The ‘ha’ exercises and articulation explained
Getting Started
Setting up and looking after your instrument
Passionate Peace Example
Pieces From The Guide
Listen to the pieces for context, character and sound.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0h6XVxUFOVH8SntfaSG011?si=179vQGS8Qkyf6wL6-TTJVQ
Inspirational Piccolo Music
A list of inspirational piccolo pieces and players for motivation and enjoyment.
Useful Links
Recording yourself regularly is the best way to fully hear your sound and progress. Most phones have recorders and there is easy to use free recording software online.
Alternative fingerings are useful for unstable areas but need time to become second nature.
Breathing Exercises
Explanations and ways to practise effective breathing with and without your instrument. They can be a great warm up or moment of reflection.
There are many high quality free apps for metronomes and tuners as well as this online tuner and metronome.
A spectrum analyser is an interesting and fun way to get feedback during your tone experiments and practice.
Body Awareness and Posture
Stretching before playing can help balance, grounding and prevent strains. These videos are fun introductions to improving posture and body awareness.
Jessamy Robinson 