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i want a piccolo. im just borrowing one from a friend who owns a music shop. i want a wooden one..but i might join marching band next year..so i cant march witha wooden piccolo. anyone know any good metal/plastic piccolo's that have good sound quality. email if you have suggestions ( alexso.azn@gmai...

dont bring the cigarette paper to school...you'll get in a lotta trouble. i use cigarette paper, works great. 2 dollars for 200 sheets from longs drugs.

there usually is only 1 piccolo in a band who is doubling as a flutist too. I was also considering earplugs, even though this is my second year with a piccolo.

well, trippple tonguing is essentially the same thing as double tonguing, just grouping them into 3's. Easier to count and work with the notes. Learning to double, tripple, and maybe flutter (prolly will use it only a few times in a lifetime) will help you to play faster and more accurate pieces. if...

get your piccolo checked...and then also...don't make your embochure (spelling) small. My teacher always tells me that you need a bigger air stream for piccolo than for flute. Also BLOW DOWN to stay in tune, and use LOTS of air. I can be heard over 7 trombones, 14 flutes, 26 clarinets, 3 trumpets (y...

blow more down into the flute on higher notes. slow down your air. you need MORE air, but that doesn't mean FASTER.

Don't use the Bb thumb key too much. It'll become a habbit and you'll hold it down during notes you shouldn't, such as high F. Try to use the lever one or the normal fingering.

f-g was my first. very easy because the two notes are pretty much the same embochure (almost) and so it's easy to get a nice sounding trill. plus i guess G is my strongest note

wait are you sure you're even supposed to play it? would it be a piano accompaniment?

anyways don't bother playing that. just go straight to the solo piece.

usually...you wouldn't need more than 1...it's a pretty loud instrument.

Questions: 1. Tell me about yourself! What flute do you use? Just some basic info I'm Alex, 14 year old flute player 1st chair in my symphonic band. i play 4 instruments, electric guitar, flute, picc, and tenor sax. hehe music's great! 2. How do i acheive vibrato? (specifics please) Get a metrenome ...

tightening you lips is bad for intonation and tone. blow down and with more air, not faster air, but more air for the high notes. it's creates better tone and you can avoid some problems with tone and tuning like this. don't roll in or out for high notes either.

doing the waves works, but you have to have someone listening to you. if you don't make deep changes your vibrato won't come out good.

don't try a good piccolo to start with. it's like flutes. handing a first year flutist a gold flute...won't help them at all. they will learn slower and worse than someone that started with a beginner instrument. and especially in marching, don't get a wooden picc. you're just going to waste your mo...

the local music shop probably has a ypc-32 for around 200-300 dollars. or else buy a used one.