I just bought a piccolo (I have played flute for 11 years so I decided to try piccolo) Although i`m having trouble getting a sound out out of it. If you have some advice let me know.

I don`t know why that article says to puff cheeks slightly. That is quite unnecessary IMO.

Play piccolo like flute, but...

Even faster air (I`ve heard 60 mph for high notes), needing higher air pressure (i.e. blowing harder. AND, lips pressed more together to make a smaller embouchure hole.

Don`t smile more, and definitely do not pull lips tight around teeth.

Piccolo needs a faster, thinner airstream, aimed VERY accurately. If your accuracy is poor (resulting in `fuzzy` tone on flute), then you don`t have much hope of success on piccolo.

Good luck and good management!

Thank you so much for the advice, I will let you know how I get on :-)

Arak, have you seen people puff their cheeks out when playing the flute also? Mrs. Galway plays like that. I was tought how to do it, but I never mastered the technique. I just didn`t like it.

When I play, my embousure is slighty different from playing my flute. My piccolo is a Yamaha YPC 32. The way I put my lips is that i tighten the ends of my lips more and make my mouth a little wider. I don`t know if that makes sense to you or if it helps you any. Another thing I have just figured out today. I was playing my piccolo infront of the mirror (I think it`s cool when I play one of sousas piccolo solos infront of the mirror lol) and i hav noticed that I held the piccolo slighty down, instead of straight. This problem caused my to not to be able to get the G natural and G flat out very good. So I tried to make it more, level and line it up with my mouth, and the next thing you know, I`m playing the G`s like NOThing...Hmm, hope that helps?

Good luck, I really do hope you get the hang of it soon. I think this country could use some more musicians. Lol