19+ Piccolo Flute Pitch Range Pictures. The addition of a footjoint to extend the compass downward is not usual on the piccolo. The pitch range of the piccolo is higher, therefore perceived by our ears as louder, than the flute.

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The piccolo, pitched an entire octave above the flute, is often used in orchestras and concert bands (think of the piccolo solo in sousa's stars and stripes march). The addition of a footjoint to extend the compass downward is not usual on the piccolo. Composers employ it to extend.

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Piccolos don't normally have a foot like concert flutes, and for this reason the lowest note they can play is d4. Flutes date back over 43000 years and many variations of the instrument exist in countries around the world. Can be tilted to proper position for each player. Table of sounding range and clefs used.