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

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

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

You can only play an A major scale of two octaves on the piccolo, being between the ranges of A5 to A7. You need to use a finger placement chart or a particular pattern to play the A major scale on the piccolo.

First octave A major scale notes (A5 – A6) finger placement chart for piccolo

To play the first octave (A5 – A6) A major scale on the piccolo, you have to sharpen the F note, C note, and G note. Your finger placement needs to be accurate in other to produce a perfect scale. Below is a chart for the first octave of A major scale on the piccolo;

Second octave A major scale notes (A6 – A7) finger placement chart for piccolo

To play the second octave (A6 – A7) A major scale on the piccolo, you have to sharpen the F note, C note, and G 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 A major scale

While playing the A major scale, or playing a composition written in A major for the piccolo in a concert, you will have to sharpen the F note, C note and G note unless where indicated to be naturalized. This means that all notes except the F note, C note and G 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 A major scale without any transposition. But while running the A 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.

A major scale piccolo notes and arpeggio

The A 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 A natural note on the second space of the treble clef which in the range is the A5.

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

A major scale piccolo notes and arpeggio

Notable piccolo compositions in A major

11 piccolo Sonatas by Johann Benda
3 piccolo Quartets Op.145 by Ferdinand Ries
6 piccolo Quartets by Johann Matthias Sperger
8 Variations for piccolo and Guitar Op.20 by Jean Baptiste de Fier
‘La flûte enchantée’ Fantaisie Op.97 by Pierre François Clodomir
Air varié pour flûte by Joseph Schmitt
Concertante for piccolo, Violin and Cello Op.48 by Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda
Concertino for 2 piccolos in A major MWV 10.33 by Johann Melchior Molter
Concertino for 4 piccolos in A major MWV 8.20 by Johann Melchior Molter
Concerto for 2 piccolos and Bassoon TWV 53:A1 by Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for 2 piccolos in A major MWV 5.20 by Johann Melchior Molter
Concerto for piccolo d’amore in A major GWV 728 by Christoph Graupner
Concerto for piccolo, Violin and Cello TWV 53:A2 by Georg Philipp Telemann
Duet for Alto piccolo and Bass piccolo in A major Op.2653 by Stephen W. Beatty
Duet for piccolo and Clarinet in A major Op.2914 by Stephen W. Beatty
Duet for piccolo and Guitar Op.87 by Leonhard von Call
Duo No.13 for 2 piccolos by Stéphane Burkhart
Fantasie pour Flûte, Violon et Guitare Op.123 by Ferdinando Carulli
piccolo Concerto in A major by Johann Scherer
piccolo Concerto in A major GraunWV Cv:XIII:150 by Johann Gottlieb Graun
piccolo Concerto in A major GraunWV Cv:XIII:153 by Johann Gottlieb Graun
piccolo Concerto in A major GWV 727 by Christoph Graupner
piccolo Concerto in A major H.438 by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
piccolo Concerto in A major L2.15 by Franz Benda
piccolo Concerto in A major MWV 6.13 by Johann Melchior Molter
piccolo Concerto in A major MWV 6.18 by Johann Melchior Molter
piccolo Concerto in A major QV 5:217 by Johann Joachim Quantz
piccolo Concerto in A major QV 5:218 by Johann Joachim Quantz
piccolo Concerto in A major SchW A1:002 by Johann Adolph Scheibe
piccolo Concerto in A major SchW A1:005 by Johann Adolph Scheibe
piccolo Concerto in D major MWV 6.17 by Johann Melchior Molter
piccolo Concerto No.1 in A major by Johann Baptist Vanhal
piccolo Concerto No.12 in A major by François Devienne
piccolo Concerto No.4 Op.90 by Johann Wilhelm Gabrielski
piccolo Quartet in A major by Giulio Briccialdi
piccolo Quartet in A major K.298 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
piccolo Quartet in A major by Johann Christian Bach
piccolo Quintet in A major H.5905/5 by Franz Anton Hoffmeister
piccolo Quintet Op.49 by Eugène Walckiers
piccolo Sonata in A major by Johann Heinrich Freytag
piccolo Sonata in A major BWV 1032 by Johann Sebastian Bach
piccolo Sonata in A major D-KA Mus. Hs. 1112 by Anonymous
piccolo Sonata in A major D-KA Mus. Hs. 1124 by Anonymous
piccolo Sonata in A major FleB 2.11 by Christlieb Siegmund Binder
piccolo Sonata in A major MWV 11.11 by Johann Melchior Molter
piccolo Sonata in A major MWV 11.12 by Johann Melchior Molter
piccolo Sonata in A major Op.31 by Muzio Clementi
piccolo Sonata in A major PB 329 by Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
piccolo Sonata in A major QV 1:143 by Johann Joachim Quantz
piccolo Sonata No.1 by Philippe Gaubert
piccolo Sonata No.1 in A major Gjedde coll. by Martin Ræhs
piccolo Sonata No.2 in A major Schwerin coll. by Martin Ræhs
piccolo Sonata No.4 in A major by Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach
piccolo Sonata No.7 in A major Gjedde coll. by Martin Ræhs
piccolo Sonata No.8 in A major Gjedde coll. by Martin Ræhs
piccolo Sonata Op.17 by Ebenezer Prout
piccolo Trio in A major Op.14 by Heinrich Neumann
piccolo Trio Op.59 by Kaspar Kummer
piccolo Trio Op.77 by Kaspar Kummer
Grand trio pour la Guitare Flûte et Clarinette ou Alto by Joseph Kreutzer
Nocturne for piccolo Viola and Guitar by Peter Ritter
Quartet No.1 for piccolo and Strings Op.10 by Raphael Dressler
Serenade for piccolo and Guitar Op.43 by Joseph Küffner
Serenade for piccolo and Guitar Op.70 by Joseph Küffner
Serenade for piccolo or Violin and Guitar Op.47 by Joseph Küffner
Serenade for piccolo Viola and Guitar Op.15 by Joseph Küffner
Serenade for piccolo Viola and Guitar Op.6 by Joseph Küffner
Sketch for piccolo and Violin by Udo Zörn
Solo for Alto piccolo in A major Op.2652 by Stephen W. Beatty
Solo for Bass piccolo in A major Op.2651 by Stephen W. Beatty
Sonata for 2 piccolos 2 Violins and Continuo in A major by Alessandro Scarlatti
Sonata for 3 piccolos in A major PB 255 by Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
Suite for piccolo and Piano Op.63 by Paul Graener
Suite for Violin piccolo and Piano No.17 by Fidelis Zitterbart Jr.
Suite No.7 for 2 piccolos by Michel de La Barre