Skip to content The C major scale on a piccolo is the scale of the key of C or natural. This implies that its tonic note is C natural. C major is subdominant to F major, dominant to G major, parallel to C minor, and relative to A minor. Below is a three octaves scale of C major on piccolo and how it sounds;
How to play the C major scale on the piccolo and its finger placement Chat
To play the C major scale on the piccolo, you need to use a finger placement chart or a particular pattern. Below is a guide and finger chart of how to play the C major scale on the piccolo;
First octave C major scale (C4 – C5) finger placement chart for piccolo
To play the first octave (C4 – C5) C major scale on the piccolo, you have to play all the alphabets naturally without sharpening or flattening any note. Your finger placement needs to be accurate in other to produce a perfect scale.
Second octave C major scale (C5 – C6) finger placement chart for piccolo
To play the second octave (C5 – C6) C major scale on the piccolo, you have to play all the alphabets naturally without sharpening or flattening any note. Learning the scale might be hard for beginners. You will also have to tighten your lips to produce higher-pitched notes. Below is a chart for the second octave C major scale on the piccolo;
Third octave C major scale (C6 – C7) finger placement chart for piccolo
To play the third octave (C5 – C6) C major scale on the piccolo, you have to play all the alphabets naturally without sharpening or flattening any note. You will also have to tighten your lips in other to produce higher-pitched notes.
Concert C major scale
While playing the C major scale, every note is played in its natural form. This means that no note is flattened or sharpened 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 C major scale without any transposition. But while running the C 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.
C major scale piccolo notes and arpeggio
The C major scale can be played up to three octaves on a C piccolo, or the standard concert piccolo. The first note of this scale on the C piccolo is the middle C which in the range is the C4. The notes or alphabets that you will play to get this scale correctly include; C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C. The two-octave arpeggio of this scale has its notes as C, D, E, C, D, E, C, E, D, C, E, D, C.
Notable piccolo compositions in C major
- 3 piccolo Quartets, Op.145 by Ries Ferdinand
- 3 piccolo Sonatas by Zinck Hartenack Otto Conrad)
- 11 piccolo Sonatas by Benda Johann
- 4 Intermezzi for piccolo, English Horn, Clarinet and Bassoon by Lauber Joseph
- 6 piccolo Quartets by Sperger Johann Matthias
