piccolo

PEE-koe-loe

[ Italian , small or little ]

Definition

1. A small flute that sounds an octave above the regular flute and an octave above its written music. The piccolo today is commonly pitched in "C" but the D flat  piccolo was common through the 1950's. The written range of the  C piccolo is D4 to C7.
 
2. A name for an instrument of particularly high range, such as the piccolo trumpet.
 
3. An Italian term for  little or small.
 
See also [Eng.] little; [Eng.] small; [Fr.] peu; [Fr.] petit; [Ger.] wenig; [Ger.] klein; [It.] poco; [It.] scarso.
 

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Last Updated: 2016-06-06 17:51:45