I have 3 + 1/2 months of flute playing and I think I do pretty well for a gr. 7`er and after a 1/2 month of playing, I finally got the band teacher to lend me the piccolo and I can play the 1st octave, and almost the whole 2nd octave but in the 2nd octave I can`t play G and up without using 3rd octave fingerings and I still have trouble! I practiced and finally am able to do the F but the rest is too hard! Is there any help? I wouldn`t be able to play much of the sheet music if I can`t do the high ones.

P.S. I AM talking about 2nd octave that I can`t do, not 3rd octave!

HELP HELP HELP!

Thank you!

hi.. I`m sort of confused about what you`re asking, (it`s late here, and I`m tired. lol) but I can tell you that one thing that helps me play better on the picc, is to make sure that the headjoint is not pushed in all the way, and that you rest the hole higher on your lip then you do with the flute. I think you`re doing really well if you`re in grade 7 and are working on picc and understand the second octave. when I was in grade seven I only learned to play the same note 4 times.. then 8 times... then 16 times... it was so boring!!
well best of luck!

well, first off i don`t recommend what you`re doing. i think you should get the flute really good before going to piccolo because even though the fingerings are similar, the placement of your mouth is really different. i recommend getting a teacher. If you`re in the NC area i can point you in the right direction. i`m glad to hear that you are interested in persuing the piccolo. Good luck!!!

Maybe improve on your flute a little more and get used to high notes on flute first before switching to piccolo. On piccolo, if you can`t get the high notes out just use `fast` are and a lot of it. Also try rolling out a tiny bit.
I didn`t really understand your question, so I`m not sure if this helped much or not..

How far along are you on the flute?

The piccolo may be pitched naturally higher, but you really need to get the third octave down on the flute. If you don`t know how to play high notes on the flute, then you`ll have trouble not only with the mouthpiece but with the notes themselves. Remember, the higher you go, the firmer and smaller your mouth must be!

I hope that answers a bit of your plea...I didn`t quite get the gist of your question.

hey first of all piccolo its spelled piccilio

Piccilio?...... Anyways... Sorry everyone if I confused you but I am able to play all the octave on the flute. Before I get to my troubles, How high do you guys go on the piccolo? Does the piccolo go high as C in the 3rd octave? (Meaning the 4th octave in flute) Now, to my troubles. I can now barely play the G on the 2nd octave and anything higher is troublesome to me. My embrochure is pretty firm but if I go too firm, then I buzz and when my embrochure is too small, it`s a bit hard to blow fast which then again leads me to buzzing. Not to blame the piccolo, but this one I am borrowing seems very old and "antique" and is an all metal (not stainless), does this make it harder for me?

Thank you

riki i dont like ur attitude and by the way i was going to help u and tell u wut u r doing wrong but i guess i wont anymore

um not to be mean but riki u really need to consider that that person (ur dumb) is prolly from another country so if u want to be nice to people i can tell you

ya i agree w. those two people
i also know the problem but u need to consider others u r really snotty riki
get a life

riki u should probly no ur flute and piccolo better if u r going to ask dumb questions on internet
by the way actually the problem is...

your problem is that you should have played flute for about 3 years before piccolo so dont play stupid and only play for 3 1/2 months. also not to be rude but u r in the 7th grade and really have an attitude problem so i would watch out 4 that also u should try doing sumthing that u dont think ur so good at cuz u sound sort of pathetic when you go about and act like u are so cool cuz u play the flute try playing the trombone maybe some one will f*** you if u dont watch ur atitude

Hello Riki,
The problem seems to me to be that you might need to grease you corks a little bit more. One of the things that I suggest to my high school kids would be trying clarinet grease rather than just piccolo grease because the piccolo grease can be not as good of quality. Some thing that I suggest you trying would be make your mouth tighter. That will help with your high notes. Also just keep trying. My flute students that try piccolo seem to do better if they do several warm up scales and go from as low as you can go and push yourself to go higher.
I hope that that helps you Riki!
Sincerely,
Jessica

How does Riki have an attitude problem? She said nothing mean of any sort. And whoever said that piccolo was spelled `piccilio`, you`re the one who`s dumb.

Riki- The way you`re describing your piccolo it sounds like one that my friend has. Those types of piccolos are generally used for marching band I believe and do not produce that good of a tone. Another type of piccolo with a plastic body (I use this kind), is usually cheap, but does not produce that great of a sound either. The best kind of piccolo is a wooden one. You could check www.music123.com to see pictures of these. They generally range from about $1000-3000. I`d wait a few years and keep using the school`s piccolo and get better at flute before you invest in your own piccolo though.

All the bickering aside....

If a player is having lip buzzing problems on a piccolo, or third octave on the flute, the player needs a lot more practise with simpler demands before tackling the piccolo.

BTW regular lip buzzing can lead to automatic lip buzzing that is very difficult to stop. So give the piccolo a break, and play flute for a couple of years first.