Is the transition from flute to piccolo difficult? I am thinking of trying out piccolo...what do I need to work on to be good at it?

while someone answers that could they also answer:

how about between oboe and picc

oboe and flute

fife and picc

fife and flute

thank ya much
~Corinne

I only know about flute to piccolo. It`s a bit tricky, and I wouldn`t suggest it for beginning flautists. But it`s pretty easy if your embouchure (sp?) is tight. Playing piccolo is a bit like playing upper register notes on the flute; a bit tighter and such.

Give it a try. Can`t hurt. And don`t get discouraged. It took me two weeks to get an entire scale out of the picolo; but then I ended up playing it all year with a certain amount of success.

Advice to new piccolo players: Buy one set of earplugs. Put one in your right ear and give the other to the person sitting to yoru right, for their left ear.

i play flute and just started piccolo, i am sure the flute sitting next to me would love the ear plug suggestion, thanks!

It`s easy!! If you have a piccolo that cooperates.

The piccolo I had didn`t work well for me.

My friend says, though, its now harder to get the high notes out though ever since she`s started playing piccolo. I thought my high notes got better after the piccolo.

nah not really a couple ofdays practise using the picollo and you`ll be right

its not hard at all
all you need to do is practice
good luck