How to play D major scale on piccolo, notes, finger placement chart, and concert tips

The D major scale on piccolo is the scale of the key of D or two sharps. This implies that its tonic note is D natural. D major is relative to the key of B minor, parallel to the key of D minor, dominant to the key of A major, and subdominant to the key of G major. Below is a two octaves scale of D major on piccolo and how it sounds;

How to play the D major scale on the piccolo, its notes, and finger placement chat

You can only play a D major scale of two octaves on the piccolo, being between the ranges of D4 to D6. You need to use a finger placement chart or a particular pattern to play the D major scale on the piccolo. Below is a guide and finger chart of how to play the D major scale on the piccolo;

First octave D major scale notes (D4 – D5) finger placement chart for piccolo

To play the first octave (D4 – D5) D major scale on the piccolo, you have to sharpen the F note and C note. Your finger placement needs to be accurate in other to produce a perfect scale.

Second octave D major scale notes (D5 – D6) finger placement chart for piccolo

To play the second octave (D5 – D6) D major scale on the piccolo, you have to sharpen the F note and C note. Your finger placement needs to be accurate in other to produce a perfect scale. Learning the scale might be hard for beginners. You will also have to tighten your lips to produce higher-pitched notes.

Concert D major scale

While playing the D major scale, or playing a composition written in D major for the piccolo in a concert, you will have to sharpen the F note and C note unless where indicated to be naturalized. This means that all notes except the F note and C note are played naturally while playing this scale on the concert piccolo, Indian or Bansuri piccolo, Native American piccolo, pan piccolo, Arabian piccolo, and any other piccolo.

If you play an alto piccolo or any other transposable piccolo, you can play the D major scale without any transposition. But while running the D major scale with another instrument that is not transposable, you will then have to transpose to the right key in other to sound the same with them in pitch.

D major scale piccolo notes and arpeggio

The D major scale can be played up to two octaves on a C piccolo, or the standard concert piccolo. The first note of this scale on the C piccolo is the D natural note on the first ledger space below the treble clef which in the range is the D4.

The notes or alphabets that you will play to get this scale correctly include; D, E, F♯, G, A, B, C♯, D. The two-octave arpeggio of this scale has its notes as D, F♯, A, D, F♯, A, D, A, F♯, D, A, F♯, D.

Notable piccolo compositions in D major

10 Variations for piccolo, Book 2 by Charles Kreith
11 piccolo Sonatas by Johann Benda
2 Duos pour 2 Flûtes, Op.148 by Joseph Küffner
6 piccolo Quartets by Johann Matthias Sperger
6 piccolo Sonatas, Op.3 by Giovanni Benedetto Platti
Allegro for piccolo and Violin, G.4 by Georg Gerson
Concertante for 2 piccolos and Orchestra by Anton Bernhard Fürstenau
Concertino for 2 piccolos and 2 Horns in D major, MWV 8.10-15 by Johann Melchior Molter
Concertino for 2 piccolos in D major, MWV 10.30 by Johann Melchior Molter
Concertino for piccolo, Viola and Double Bass in D major, M.B.27 by Johann Matthias Sperger
Concerto Bravoure for piccolo in D major by Johann Friedrich Klöffler
Concerto for 2 piccolos and 2 Horns in D major, MWV 5.16-17 by Johann Melchior Molter
Concerto for 2 piccolos and Calchedon, TWV 53:D1 by Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for 2 piccolos and Harpsichord in D major by Frederick II
Concerto for 2 piccolos in D major by Simoni dall Croubelis
Concerto for 2 piccolos in D major, GWV 315-316 by Christoph Graupner
Concerto for 2 piccolos in D major, QV 6:1 by Johann Joachim Quantz
Concerto for 2 piccolos, FaWV L:D9 by Johann Friedrich Fasch
Concerto for 2 piccolos, Violin and Cello, TWV 54:D1 by Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for piccolo and Oboe, FaWV L:D11 by Johann Friedrich Fasch
Concerto for piccolo, Harpsichord and Continuo, TWV 42:D6 by Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for piccolo, Oboe and Bassoon by Johann Friedrich Reichardt
Concerto for piccolo, Strings and Basso continuo in D major, RV 783 by Antonio Vivaldi
Duet for piccolo and Euphonium in D major, Op.3078 by Stephen W. Beatty
Duo concertant sur ‘La flûte enchantée’ by Léon Delahaye
Duo No.16 for 2 piccolos by Stéphane Burkhart
Duo pour Guitare et Violon ou Flûte sur une Romance favorite Russe, Op.27 by Pietro Pettoletti
Festive piccolos by Everett Titcomb
piccolo Concertino in D major by Franz Seraph Cramer
piccolo Concertino No.5, Op.103 by Johann Wilhelm Gabrielski
piccolo Concertino, Op.60 by Carl Gottlieb Reissiger
piccolo Concerto by Franz Anton Hoffmeister
piccolo Concerto d’Airs connus, Op.5 by François Devienne
piccolo Concerto in D major by Braun
piccolo Concerto in D major by Christian Cannabich
piccolo Concerto in D major by Johann Anton Filtz
piccolo Concerto in D major by Baldassare Galuppi
piccolo Concerto in D major by Friedrich Hartmann Graf
piccolo Concerto in D major by Christian Karl Hartmann
piccolo Concerto in D major by Christian Gottfried Krause
piccolo Concerto in D major by Johann Hermann Köhler
piccolo Concerto in D major by Nicola Antonio Porpora
piccolo Concerto in D major by Alessio Prati
piccolo Concerto in D major by Federico Maria Sardelli
piccolo Concerto in D major by Friedrich Schwindl
piccolo Concerto in D major by Mathias Stabinger
piccolo Concerto in D major by Anton Stamitz
piccolo Concerto in D major No.1 by Johann Friedrich Klöffler
piccolo Concerto in D major GraunWV Cv:XIII:101 by Johann Gottlieb Graun
piccolo Concerto in D major GroF 127 by Johann Stamitz
piccolo Concerto in D major GroF 1643 by Johan Agrell
piccolo Concerto in D major GroF 231 by Anton Stamitz
piccolo Concerto in D major GroF 337 by Francesco Biscogli
piccolo Concerto in D major GroF 436 by Franz Anton Hoffmeister
piccolo Concerto in D major GroF 440 by Franz Anton Hoffmeister
piccolo Concerto in D major GroF 443 by Franz Anton Hoffmeister
piccolo Concerto in D major GroF 742 by Antoine Mahaut
piccolo Concerto in D major GroF 743 by Antoine Mahaut
piccolo Concerto in D major GUN 19 by Johann Baptist Wendling
piccolo Concerto in D major GWV 310 by Christoph Graupner
piccolo Concerto in D major GWV 311 by Christoph Graupner
piccolo Concerto in D major GWV 312 by Christoph Graupner
piccolo Concerto in D major K.314/285d by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
piccolo Concerto in D major MWV 6.12 by Johann Melchior Molter
piccolo Concerto in D major Op.10 by August Eberhard Müller
piccolo Concerto in D major Op.20 by August Eberhard Müller
piccolo Concerto in D major Op.6 by Christian Wilhelm Westerhoff
piccolo Concerto in D major P.34 by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
piccolo Concerto in D major QV 4:1 by Johann Joachim Quantz
piccolo Concerto in D major QV 5: Anh.8 by Johann Joachim Quantz
piccolo Concerto in D major QV 5:41 by Johann Joachim Quantz
piccolo Concerto in D major QV 5:45 by Johann Joachim Quantz
piccolo Concerto in D major QV 5:46 by Johann Joachim Quantz
piccolo Concerto in D major QV 5:51 by Johann Joachim Quantz
piccolo Concerto in D major RV 427 by Antonio Vivaldi
piccolo Concerto in D major RV 428 by Antonio Vivaldi
piccolo Concerto in D major RV 429 by Antonio Vivaldi
piccolo Concerto in D major by Johann David Heinichen
piccolo Concerto in D major Schrank II/33/72 by Anonymous
piccolo Concerto in D major SchW A1:001 by Johann Adolph Scheibe
piccolo Concerto in D major SchW A1:006 by Johann Adolph Scheibe
piccolo Concerto in D major WK 48 by Carl Friedrich Abel
piccolo Concerto in D major WV 343 by Georg Christoph Wagenseil
piccolo Concerto No.1 by Friedrich Hartmann Graf
piccolo Concerto No.1 in D major by François Devienne
piccolo Concerto No.1 in D major by Antoine Sallantin
piccolo Concerto No.2 by Giuseppe Maria Cambini
piccolo Concerto No.2 in D major by Amand Vanderhagen
piccolo Concerto No.3 by Giuseppe Maria Cambini
piccolo Concerto No.4 in D major by Frederick II
piccolo Concerto No.4 in D major by Antoine Hugot
piccolo Concerto No.5 Op.52 by Anton Bernhard Fürstenau
piccolo Concerto No.6 in D major by François Devienne
piccolo Concerto No.9 in D major Op.54 by Tranquille Berbiguier
piccolo Concerto No.9 Op.100 by Anton Bernhard Fürstenau
piccolo Concerto on ‘Airs Connûs’ by Giuseppe Maria Cambini
piccolo Concerto Op.129 by Cesare Ciardi
piccolo Concerto Op.24 by Johann Wilhelm Wilms
piccolo Concerto Op.283 by Carl Reinecke
piccolo Concerto Op.56 by Luigi Hugues
piccolo Concerto Op.7 by Stephan Helmut Immanuel Kessler
piccolo Concerto TWV 51:D1 by Georg Philipp Telemann
piccolo Concerto TWV 51:D2 by Georg Philipp Telemann
piccolo Duet in D major by Franz Anton Hoffmeister
piccolo Quartet by Léon Kreutzer
piccolo Quartet in D major by Leopold Hofmann
piccolo Quartet in D major by Johann Friedrich Klöffler
piccolo Quartet in D major by Johann Georg Lang
piccolo Quartet in D major by Ignazio Raimondi
piccolo Quartet in D major by John Thomson
piccolo Quartet in D major DTB 16 D 7 by Christian Cannabich
piccolo Quartet in D major DTB XV/1.12 by Ernst Eichner
piccolo Quartet in D major K.285 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
piccolo Quartet in D major Mn.73 by Lukas Florczak
piccolo Quartet in D major Op.1 No.1 by Christian Cannabich
piccolo Quartet in D major Op.19 No.1 by Franz Anton Hoffmeister
piccolo Quartet in D major by Johann Christian Bach
piccolo Quartet in D major by Johann Christian Bach
piccolo Quartet in D major by Franz Anton Hoffmeister
piccolo Quartet No.1 Op.37 by Friedrich Ernst Fesca
piccolo Quartet Op.12 by Anton Reicha
piccolo Quartet Op.13 by Franz Krommer
piccolo Quartet Op.15 by Johann Evangelist Brandl
piccolo Quartet Op.17 by Peter Hänsel
piccolo Quartet Op.25 by Peter Hänsel
piccolo Quartet Op.5 by Heinrich Soussmann
piccolo Quartet Op.50 by Eugène Walckiers
piccolo Quartet Op.6 by Carl Anton Philipp Braun
piccolo Quartet Op.75 by Franz Krommer
piccolo Quartet Op.8 by Bernhard Henrik Crusell
piccolo Quartet Op.84 by Johann Andreas Amon
piccolo Quartet Op.93 by Franz Krommer
piccolo Quartet-Suite in D major by Simoni dall Croubelis
piccolo Quintet in D major H.5905/1 by Franz Anton Hoffmeister
piccolo Quintet in D major Op.51 No.1 by Friedrich Kuhlau
piccolo Quintet in D major Op.66 by Kaspar Kummer
piccolo Quintet in D major VB 188 by Joseph Martin Kraus
piccolo Quintet No.2 in D major Op.60 by Johann Evangelist Brandl
piccolo Quintet Op.122 by Leonhard von Call
piccolo Quintet Op.21 by Jan Brandts Buys
piccolo Sextet in D major by Giovanni Battista Cirri
piccolo Sonata ‘Rococò’ by Dragan Karolic
piccolo Sonata by Dragan Karolic
piccolo Sonata in D major by Carl Friedrich Abel
piccolo Sonata in D major by S. J. Endres
piccolo Sonata in D major by Johann Adolph Hasse
piccolo Sonata in D major by Johann Gottfried Müthel
piccolo Sonata in D major by Giuseppe Sammartini
piccolo Sonata in D major by Federico Maria Sardelli
piccolo Sonata in D major by Jiří Čart
piccolo Sonata in D major D-KA Mus. Hs. 1112 by Anonymous
piccolo Sonata in D major D-SWl Mus.1424 by Arcangelo Califano
piccolo Sonata in D major DelK 03.2.22a by Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht
piccolo Sonata in D major DelK Deest by Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht
piccolo Sonata in D major DK-Sa R119/R120 by Anonymous
piccolo Sonata in D major by Karl Heinrich GraunWV B:XVII:54
piccolo Sonata in D major by Karl Heinrich GraunWV Cv:XVII:75
piccolo Sonata in D major by George Frideric Handel HWV 378
piccolo Sonata in D major Op.1 No.1 by Martin Friedrich Cannabich
piccolo Sonata in D major Op.1 No.4 by Anna Bon
piccolo Sonata in D major Op.1 No.6 by Martin Friedrich Cannabich
piccolo Sonata in D major Op.50 by Johann Nepomuk Hummel
piccolo Sonata in D major Op.77 by Georg Abraham Schneider
piccolo Sonata in D major PB 327 by Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
piccolo Sonata in D major QV 1: Anh.10a by Johann Joachim Quantz
piccolo Sonata in D major QV 1:42 by Johann Joachim Quantz
piccolo Sonata in D major S-Skma by Anonymous
piccolo Sonata in D major S-Skma C1-R by Arcangelo Califano
piccolo Sonata in D major S.260 by Johann David Heinichen
piccolo Sonata in D major SpiF 18 by Frederick II
piccolo Sonata in D major SpiF 32 by Frederick II
piccolo Sonata in D major SpiF 61 by Frederick II
piccolo Sonata in D major SpiF 90 by Frederick II
piccolo Sonata in D major WoO by Martin Friedrich Cannabich
piccolo Sonata No.1 by Jared Destro
piccolo Sonata No.1 in D major by Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach
piccolo Sonata No.1 Op.168 by Adolf Terschak
piccolo Sonata No.10 in D major Gjedde coll. by Martin Ræhs
piccolo Sonata No.2 in D major Gjedde coll. by Martin Ræhs
piccolo Sonata No.6 in D major Schwerin coll. by Martin Ræhs
piccolo Sonata Op.3 No.1 by Giacobbe Basevi Cervetto
piccolo Sonata Op.31 by Karl Hoyer
piccolo Sonatina by Pál Járdányi
piccolo Sonatina in D major P.257 by Franz Danzi
piccolo Trio in D major Op.31 by Johann Wilhelm Gabrielski
piccolo Trio in D major Op.31 by Franz Anton Hoffmeister
piccolo Trio Op.30 by Kaspar Kummer
piccolo Trio Op.58 by Kaspar Kummer
piccolo Trio Op.64 by Raphael Dressler
Gavotte in D major for piccolo and Strings by François Joseph Gossec
Grand piccolo Quartet Op.92 by Ernesto Köhler
Grand Trio for piccolo Violin and Cello Op.35 by Eugène Walckiers
La flûte d’Euterpe by Jean-François Marcoux
Les trois parts d’une piccolo by Jean-François Marcoux
Little Trio for piccolo, Viola and Cello, Op.35 by Niels Johannes Legarth Iversen
Marche detachée des Deux Avares, variée pour la piccolo by William Reinards
Notturno for 4 piccolos in D major by Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf
Notturno for piccolo Quartet, Op.20 by Adalbert Gyrowetz
Potpourri for piccolo or Violin and Piano No.3, Op.122 by Joseph Küffner
Potpourri for piccolo or Violin and Piano No.30, Op.256 by Joseph Küffner
Potpourri for piccolo or Violin and Piano No.46, Op.283 by Joseph Küffner
Potpourri for piccolo or Violin and Piano No.65, Op.313 by Joseph Küffner
Quartet No.3 for 4 piccolos, Op.80 by Georg Abraham Schneider
Serenade for piccolo or Violin and Guitar, Op.124 by Joseph Küffner
Serenade for piccolo or Violin and Guitar, Op.48 by Joseph Küffner
Serenade for piccolo, Viola and Guitar, Op.5 by Joseph Küffner
Serenade for piccolo, Viola and Guitar, Op.64 by Joseph Küffner
Serenade for piccolo, Viola and Guitar, Op.81 by Joseph Küffner
Solo for Bass piccolo in D major, Op.2649 by Stephen W. Beatty
Solo for piccolo and Cello in D major, Op.8 by Tebaldo Monzani
Solo for piccolo in D major by Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Wenkel
Sonata for 2 piccolos in D major, D-KA Mus. Hs. 1112 by Anonymous
Sonata for 3 piccolos in D major, PB 253 by Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
Sonata for 3 piccolos in D major, QV 3:3.2 by Johann Joachim Quantz
Sonata for piccolo and Guitar, Op.24 by Michael Henkel
Sonata for piccolo Solo in D major by Michael Janusch
Sonata for piccolo, Violin, Bassoon and Continuo, FaWV N:D1 by Johann Friedrich Fasch
Sonata for Harpsichord and piccolo in D major by Johan Agrell
Suite No.2 for 2 piccolos by Michel de La Barre
Sérénade for piccolo or Violin and Guitar, Op.97 by Joseph Küffner
Sérénade pour Guitarre, Flûte et Cor ou Alto by Christian Dickhut
The piccolo Waltz by Henry Kleber
Thème avec 9 Variations pour Flûte et Guitare, Op.54 by Theodor Gaude
Thême Variées pour la piccolo et Guitarre, Op.9 by Theodor Gaude
Trio for 2 piccolos and Cello in D major, Op.7 No.1 by Franz Anton Hoffmeister
Trio for 2 piccolos and Viola d’amore, CzaR 105 by Friedrich Wilhelm Rust
Trio for 3 piccolos, Op.34 by Joseph Küffner
Trio for piccolo or Violin, Viola and Guitar, Op.45 by Francesco Molino
Trio for piccolo, Harpsichord and Viola in D major, Op.2737 by Stephen W. Beatty
Trio for piccolo, Viola and Cello in D major by Simoni dall Croubelis
Trio for piccolo, Viola and Cello in D major, Op.2659 by Stephen W. Beatty
Trio for piccolo, Violin and Cello in D major, Op.2899 by Stephen W. Beatty
Variations with Introduction for piccolo and Guitar by Michael Henkel
Waltz for piccolo, 2 Violins and Bass, G.21 by Georg Gerson