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Author: Ember
Date: 2004-06-22 12:31
Is "piccolo" the real name of that little flute? Because in Italy we call it "ottavino" (from "octave") but "piccolo" is an italian word (it means "small)...
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Author: O_o
Date: 2004-06-22 14:23
yup it is and i guess since piccolo means small it explains the flute. a piccolo is a small flute.
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Author: Ember
Date: 2004-06-22 19:35
Yeah we use "piccolo" for the small clarinet: "clarinetto piccolo" but not for flute. We just say ottavino.
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Author: Ember
Date: 2004-06-22 19:39
By the way, you'll sure know that a lot of musical terms are italian... "allegro", "moderato", etc.
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Author: Amanda
Date: 2004-06-22 22:30
The piccolo can be called the piccolo flute also, or the petite flute, but generally it's just referred to as the piccolo.
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Author: D
Date: 2004-06-24 17:47
yeah its just one of those weird translatin things
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Author: Joel
Date: 2004-06-27 16:09
It's just like the piano. Before the piano was invented people only had the harpsichord to play, and it could only play one dynamic. When the piano was invented they called it the pianoforte, or "Soft loud", because here, finally, was a keyboard instrument with contollable dynamics. Then it was shortened to piano.
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Author: Ember
Date: 2004-06-28 02:01
Yeah in italy we call it pianoforte
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