Author: Ellie
Date: 2001-04-09 01:05
I have played piccolo for band for awhile, and it can be frustrating. (Especially considering the fact that our school's piccolo is a piece of junk.) After i haven't played it for awhile, my mouth muscles get very sore after playing it. *ouch* but practice every day, and try to go up note by note. Same technique as learning a low instrument. When learning bass flute, i ahd trouble with notes much lower than flutes go. So I went down note by note, one new one every day. The same method works well for piccolos, working up and up. Start on d or e, a note you're comfortable with. Then ext day, play an f. Once that note is down, do a g- and so on.
The thing to remember is that the embrosure is very different from flute, and you need a very small, very quick airstream. It is different for everybody, but for me- my entire mouth is tensed up. playing flute, i can relax my cheeks, but on piccolo, even that is tight.
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